I am sure of this, that if everybody was to drink their bottle a day, …

Jane Austen
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I am sure of this, that if everybody was to drink their bottle a day, there would be not half the disorders in the world there are now. It would be a famous good thing for us all. ✨ Jane Austen (2008). Persuasion. Northanger Abbey (Two Novels), p.190, Mondial
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I am sure of this, that if everybody was to drink their bottle a day, there would be not half the disorders in the world there are now. It would be a famous good thing for us all. ✨ Jane Austen (2008). Persuasion. Northanger Abbey (Two Novels), p.190, Mondial

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