The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder. ✨…

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The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder. ✨ Jane Austen (2007). The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, p.487, Wordsworth Editions
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The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder. ✨ Jane Austen (2007). The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, p.487, Wordsworth Editions

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