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produce, grotesquely4, an effect that was almost picturesque5.
Yet, with all this outward lack of allurement6, her heart was kind, her temper was humane7, and her friendships were zealous8. But she had met with some misfortunes in early life that had embittered9 her existence, and kept it always wavering, in a miserable10 balance, between heartless apathy11, and pining discontent.

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