A beauty neither of fine colour nor long eyelash, nor pencilled brow, …

Charlotte Bronte
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A beauty neither of fine colour nor long eyelash, nor pencilled brow, but of meaning, of movement, of radiance. ✨ Charlotte Bronte, K. M. Weiland (2014). Jane Eyre, p.76, F+W Media, Inc.
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