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Upon my word, Emma, to hear you abusing the reason you have, is almost enough to make me think so too. Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.
Upon my word, Emma, to hear you abusing the reason you have, is almost enough to make me think so too. Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.
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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