... and selfish? The youthful infatuation of nineteen would naturally blind him to everything but her beauty and good nature ; but the four succeeding years — years which, if rationally spent, give such improvement to the understanding — must have... Sense and Sensibility, Volume 1 - Page 200by Jane Austen - 1905 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
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...succeeding years — years, which, if rationally spent, give such improvement to the understanding, must have opened his eyes to her defects of education,...time, spent on her side in inferior society and more frivot ous pursuits, had perhaps robbed her of that simplicity, which might once have given an interesting... | |
| Jane Austen - 1864 - 530 pages
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| Jane Austen - 1893 - 270 pages
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| Shawna Mullen - Self-Help - 2003 - 244 pages
...succeeding years — years, which if rationally spent, give such improvement to the understanding, must have opened his eyes to her defects of education,...have given an interesting character to her beauty. SS Inflexibility His spirits required support. He was a nervous man, easily depressed; fond of every... | |
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