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On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provisions for discourse.

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
Formal
Ought
Child
Party
Provisions
Children
Provision
Every
Discourse
Way
Sensibility
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