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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

Approximate author period: c. 1796 AD · early modern

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Jane Austen
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Approximate author period: c. 1796 AD · early modern
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Jane Austen: Watercolour portrait by Cassandra Austen

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