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She was stronger alone and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as, with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible for them to be.

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
Regret
Invariable
Stronger
Firmness
Alone
Poignant
Possible
Cheerfulness
Sense
Regrets
Wells
Supported
Well
Fresh
Good
Appearance
Unshaken

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