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You men have none of you any hearts.' 'If we have not hearts, we have eyes and they give us torment enough.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Men
Hearts
None
Eyes
Eye
Give
Enough
Giving
Heart
Torment

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