Jane Austen Quotes

I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.

Jane Austen

• Woman
• Pleasure
• Meditating
• Bestow

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• I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.

  

  Jane Austen
  • Woman
  • Pleasure
  • Meditating