There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
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Jane AustenPride and Prejudice (1813), spoken by Elizabeth Bennet
About Jane Austen
English novelist, author of Pride and Prejudice. (1775-1817)
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