Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and s…

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Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their sort rather than their quantity. ✨ Jesse Zuba, Jane Austen (2009). Persuasion - Jane Austen, p.211, Infobase Publishing
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Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their sort rather than their quantity. ✨ Jesse Zuba, Jane Austen (2009). Persuasion - Jane Austen, p.211, Infobase Publishing

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