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We value the devotedness of friendship rather as an oblation to vanity than as a free interchange of hearts an endearing contract of sympathy, mutual forbearance, and respect!

Jane Porter

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Jane Porter
Age: 74 †
Born: 1776
Born: January 17
Died: 1850
Died: May 24
Novelist
Writer
Durham
England
Hearts
Interchange
Friendship
Endearing
Value
Forbearance
Respect
Contract
Values
Contracts
Rather
Sympathy
Free
Mutual
Heart
Vanity

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