Jane Austen: One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound...

One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful — Jane Austen

One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound...

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One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on somethi — Jane Austen
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You can only be young once. But you can always be immature. — Pat Monahan
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Hope proves man deathless. It is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from w — Henry Melvill