Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotio…

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Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not. ✨ Jane Austen (2013). Persuasion In Modern English, p.180, BookCaps Study Guides
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Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not. ✨ Jane Austen (2013). Persuasion In Modern English, p.180, BookCaps Study Guides

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