Jane Austen — "I give you joy of our new nephew, and hope if he ever comes to be hanged it will…"
I give you joy of our new nephew, and hope if he ever comes to be hanged it will not be till we are too old to care about it.
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From a letter to her sister, Cassandra, on the birth of their new nephew, Charles John Austen.
Date: 1811
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