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Jane Austen, Mansfield Park Quotes: Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.
         

Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.


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