There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nons…

Jane Austen
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There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit. ✨ Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (2011). Jane Austen's Letters, p.108, Oxford University Press
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