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... strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly seached out.

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
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Steventon
Hampshire
May
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Fairly
Generally
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Causes

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