No: the years which had destroyed her youth and bloom had only given h…

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No: the years which had destroyed her youth and bloom had only given him a more glowing, manly, open look, in no respect lessening his personal advantages. She had seen the same Frederick Wentworth. ✨ Jane Austen (2013). Making Sense of Persuasion! a Students Guide to Austen's (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling), p.196, BookCaps Study Guides
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