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Quotation from Love and Freindship and Other Early Works by Jane Austen

“It was too pathetic for the feelings of Sophia and myself—We fainted alternately on a sofa.”

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Love and Freindship and Other Early Works, Love and Freindship, Letter 8th (Project Gutenberg text)

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Edward and Augustus greet each other with rapture, and the two wives respond in the approved manner.

Citation: "It was too pathetic for the feelings of Sophia and myself—We fainted alternately on a sofa." — Jane Austen, Love and Freindship and Other Early Works, Love and Freindship, Letter 8th (Project Gutenberg text). (id love-and-freindship-q4)

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