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Elegance Quotes by Jane Austen
- I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.
- I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. And I protest, if I had any…
- I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever of that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would…
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