I mean to be too rich to lament or to feel anything of the sort. A lar…

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I mean to be too rich to lament or to feel anything of the sort. A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. It certainly may secure all the myrtle and turkey part of it. ✨ 'Mansfield Park' (1814) ch. 22
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I mean to be too rich to lament or to feel anything of the sort. A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. It certainly may secure all the myrtle and turkey part of it. ✨ 'Mansfield Park' (1814) ch. 22

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