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Instance Quotes by Jane Austen
- Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.
- I can easily believe it. Women of that class have great opportunities, and if they are intelligent may be well worth listening to. Such varieites…
- A submissive spirit might be patient, a strong understanding would supply resolution, but here was something more; here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition…
- It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively without being at any…
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