We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would …

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We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him. ✨ Jane Austen (1813). Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. : In Three Volumes, p.297
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We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him. ✨ Jane Austen (1813). Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. : In Three Volumes, p.297

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