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I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So... I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill.

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
Ten
Induce
Determined
Cushions
Shall
Maid
Teach
Matrimony
Ends
Maids
Play
Deepest
Children
Ill
Love
Instruments
Embroider

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