I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody shou…

Jane Austen
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I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage. ✨ Jane Austen (1867). Mansfield Park: A Novel, p.43, Bronson Tweed Publishing
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I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage. ✨ Jane Austen (1867). Mansfield Park: A Novel, p.43, Bronson Tweed Publishing

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