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One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.

Jane Austen
Cities, Sound, Birmingham
'Emma' (1816) ch. 36 (Mrs Elton)
One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.