the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless …

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the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year. ✨ Jane Austen (2013). Persuasion In Modern English, p.182, BookCaps Study Guides
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the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year. ✨ Jane Austen (2013). Persuasion In Modern English, p.182, BookCaps Study Guides

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