she was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity; and happily d…

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she was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity; and happily disposed as is the human mind to be easily familiarized with any change for the better, it required several hours to give sedateness to her spirits, or any degree of tranquillity to her heart. ✨ Jane Austen (2015). Sense and Sensibility: Top 100 Classic Novels, p.264, 谷月社
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