“She would tell you herself that she has a very dreadful cold in her head at present; but I have not much compassion for colds in the head without fever or sore throat.”

— Jane Austen

Letter to Cassandra (1799-01-21) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
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