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The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much labour.

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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
Work
Wide
Much
Effects
Ivory
Produce
Brush
Fine
Brushes
Bits
Inches
Two
Produces
Littles
Labour
Little
Effect

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