“We are to have a tiny party here tonight. I hate tiny parties, they force one into constant exertion.”
Letter (1801-05-21) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
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Quoted in "Soviet Civil Defense" - Page 5 - by Leon Gouré - 1971

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