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Promises are dangerous things to ask or to give.

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
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Give
Giving
Things
Promises
Promise
Dangerous

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