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The unaffected language of real feeling and benevolence is easily understood, and is never ridiculous.

Maria Edgeworth

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Maria Edgeworth
Age: 81 †
Born: 1768
Born: January 1
Died: 1849
Died: May 22
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
Oxon.
Eliza Edgeworth
Easily
Understood
Feeling
Language
Feelings
Real
Unaffected
Never
Benevolence
Ridiculous

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