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In my time first cousins did not meet like strangers. But we are learning modesty from the Americans, and old English ways are too gross for us.
In my time first cousins did not meet like strangers. But we are learning modesty from the Americans, and old English ways are too gross for us.
Approximate author period: c. 1843 AD · industrial
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- J. Sheridan Le Fanu
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- Approximate author period: c. 1843 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Sheridan Le Fanu: life dates 1814 to 1873. Wikidata Q326467, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326467 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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