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A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter such a day as this, for the sake of coming to see him. He must think himself a most agreeable fellow.

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
Thinking
Coming
People
Leave
Fireside
Opinion
Agreeable
Asks
Encounter
Must
Encounters
Good
Fellow
Men
Fellows
Think
Sake

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