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An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous in such a high-wrought felicity and she went to her room, and grew steadfast and fearless in the thankfulness of her enjoyment.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
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Meditation
Wrought
Everything
Room
Felicity
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Steadfast
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Intervals
Serious
Thankfulness
Dangerous
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Enjoyment
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