"the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of……" — Jane Austen
"the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year."
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691 Quotes by Jane Austen
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
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