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Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton's beginning to talk to him.

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
Beginning
Talk
Upon
Without
Elton
Trying
Succeeded
Seemed
Difficulty
Smile

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