He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold hearted…

Jane Austen
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He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold hearted, and rather selfish, is to be ill-disposed. ✨ Jane Austen (1811). Sense and Sensibility:: A Novel. In Three Volumes, p.7
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He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold hearted, and rather selfish, is to be ill-disposed. ✨ Jane Austen (1811). Sense and Sensibility:: A Novel. In Three Volumes, p.7

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