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She was of course only too good for him; but as nobody minds having what is too — Jane Austen

She was of course only too good for him; but as nobody minds having what is too good for them, he was very steadily earnest in the pursuit of the blessing...

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it will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what — Jane Austen
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