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People that marry can never part, but must go and keep house together. People that dance only stand opposite each other in a long room for half an hour.

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
House
Opposites
Keep
Hour
Part
Dance
Together
Room
Must
Rooms
Long
Stand
Never
Hours
Marry
People
Half
Opposite

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