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Why not seize the pleasure at once?-How often is happiness destroyed by preparation… — Jane Austen

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Why not seize the pleasure at once?-How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

Jane Austen
Emma · 1815
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Topic
Going for itMissed opportunitiesHappiness
Medium
Novel
Time
1815
Person
Jane Austen
Provenance
Current citation
Austen, Jane. Emma, edited by Fiona Stafford. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 30.
Original citation
Austen, Jane. Emma. Vol. 2, London: John Murray, 1815, ch. 30.

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