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To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.
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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