 John Dashwood had not much to say for himself that was worth hearing, and his wife had still less. But there was no peculiar disgrace in this, for it was very much the case with the chief of their visitors, who almost all laboured under one or other of...  Sense and Sensibility - Page 87by Jane Austen - 1892Full view - About this book
 | Jane Austen - 1833 - 372 pages
...disgrace in this; for it was very much the case with the chief of their visiters, who almost all laboured under one or other of these disqualifications for...the gentlemen had supplied the discourse with some variety—the variety of politics, enclosing land, and breaking horses — but then it was all over;... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1864 - 352 pages
...disgrace in this; for it was very much the case with the chief of their visiters, who almost all laboured under one or other of these disqualifications for being agreeable — want of sense , either natnral or improved — want of elegance — want of spirits — or want of temper. When the ladies... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1892 - 244 pages
...disgrace in this, for it was very much the case with the chief of their visitors, who almost all laboured under one or other of these disqualifications for...discourse with some variety — the variety of politics, inclosing land, and breaking horses — but then it was all over, and one subject only engaged the... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1892 - 256 pages
...visitors, who almost all laboured under one or other of these disqualifications for being agreeable—want of sense, either natural or improved, want of elegance,...discourse with some variety —the variety of politics, inclosing land, and breaking horses—but then it was all over, and one subject only engaged the ladies... | |
 | Jane Austen - English fiction - 1892 - 248 pages
...visitors, who almost all laboured under one or other of these disqualifications for being agreeable—want of sense, either natural or improved, want of elegance,...discourse with some variety —the variety of politics, inclosing land, and breaking horses—but then it was all over, and one subject only engaged the ladies... | |
 | 1903 - 300 pages
...disgrace in this ; for it was very much the case with the chief of their visitors, who almost all laboured under one or other of these disqualifications for...elegance — want of spirits — or want of temper." " One subject only engaged the ladies till coffee came in, which was the comparative parative height... | |
 | Selden Lincoln Whitcomb - Fiction - 1905 - 364 pages
...result ... of serious reflection, must eventually lead her to contentment and cheerfulness " ; — " almost all labored under one or other of these disqualifications...elegance — want of spirits — or want of temper ; " — " Lucy does not want sense, and that is the foundation on which everything good may be built."... | |
 | Geraldine Edith Mitton - Biography & Autobiography - 1905 - 394 pages
...dinner given by John Dashwood that " no poverty of any kind, except of conversation, appeared. . . . When the ladies withdrew to the drawing-room after...the gentlemen had supplied the discourse with some variety—the variety of politics, enclosing >Xrhe Christian names of that date were plain, and, for... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1906 - 362 pages
...disgrace in this, for it was very much the case with the chief of their visitors, who almost all laboured under one or other of these disqualifications for...discourse with some variety — the variety of politics, inclosing land, and breaking horses — but then it was all over, and one subject only engaged the... | |
 | Jane Austen - Novelists, English - 1906 - 352 pages
...disgrace in this, for it was very much the case with the chief of their visitors, who almost all laboured under one or other of these disqualifications for...discourse with some variety — the variety of politics, inclosing land, and breaking horses — but then it was all over, and one subject only engaged the... | |
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