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One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy.

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
Nature
Fancy
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Findings
Without
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Inspiring
Food
Commonest
Eyes
Rambling
Eye
Production
Natural
Productions

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