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A positive engagement to marry a certain person at a certain time, at all haps and hazards, I have always considered the most ridiculous thing on earth.

Jane Welsh Carlyle

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Jane Welsh Carlyle
Age: 65 †
Born: 1801
Born: January 14
Died: 1866
Died: April 21
Author
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Haddington
East Lothian
Jane Baillie Welsh
Jane Baillie Carlyle
Certain
Earth
Persons
Hazards
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Engagement
Thing
Marry
Always
Considered
Time
Ridiculous
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