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Jane Austen

Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen is saying that a man who is accustomed to intelligent and practical women will not find cheerful and natural girls suitable for him. She emphasizes that these two types of women are fundamentally different and not interchangeable.

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