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1 August 2006

Your Jane Austen Quote du Jour

Filed under: Housekeeping — Mags @ 10:34 pm

“What dreadful Hot weather we have!–It keeps one in a continual state of Inelegance.” - from a letter to Cassandra Austen, September 18, 1796

(All the newspaper stories including this quote are not getting it quite right.)

One Response to “Your Jane Austen Quote du Jour”

  1. Deb R. Says:

    Perfect! “a continual state of Ineleganceā€ sounds so much better than “I feel like a dripping wet skanky dog.” Thank you so much!

 

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