She felt all the force of that comparison; but not as her sister had hoped, to urge her to exertion now; she felt it with all the pain of continual self-reproach, regretted most bitterly that she had never exerted herself before; but it brought only the... Sense and Sensibility - Page 137by Jane Austen - 1892Full view - About this book
| Jane Austen - 1864 - 530 pages
...herself than ever, by the comparison it necessarily produced between Elinor's conduct and her own. She felt all the force of that comparison ; but not as...had never exerted herself before ; but it brought onlv tbe torture of penitence, without the hope of amendment Her mind was so much weakened, that she... | |
| Jane Austen - 1864 - 352 pages
...herself than ever, by the comparison it necessarily produced between Elinor's conduct and her own. She felt all the force of that comparison ; but not as her sister had hoped , to urge her.to exertion now ; she felt it with all the pain of continual self-reproach, regretted most bitterly... | |
| Jane Austen - 1906 - 362 pages
...herself than ever, by the comparison it necessarily produced between Elinor's conduct and her own. She felt all the force of that comparison; but not as...exertion now; she felt it with all the pain of continual [144] self-reproach, regretted most bitterly that she had never exerted herself before; but it brought... | |
| Jane Austen - Novelists, English - 1906 - 352 pages
...herself than ever, by the comparison it necessarily produced between Elinor's conduct and her own. She felt all the force of that comparison; but not as...exertion now; she felt it with all the pain of continual [144] self-reproach, regretted most bitterly that she had never exerted herself before; but it brought... | |
| Jane Nardin - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 194 pages
...to behave as Elinor has behaved : "She felt all the force of that comparison [with her sister] . . . with all the pain of continual self-reproach; regretted...that she still fancied present exertion impossible" (p. 270). Marianne's unrestrained feelings have gradually produced a sort of mental deterioration and... | |
| Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 304 pages
...one looks for the will to will. As when Marianne, comparing herself with the more continent Elinor, felt all the force of that comparison, but not as...exertion impossible, and therefore it only dispirited her the more. (p. 17o) In addition, the concept of addiction involves a degenerative perceptual narrative... | |
| Paula Bennett, Vernon A. Rosario - Masturbation - 1995 - 302 pages
...looks for the will to will. As when Marianne, comparing herself with the more continent Elinor, 146 felt all the force of that comparison, but not as...exertion impossible, and therefore it only dispirited her the more. (p. 270) In addition, the concept of addiction involves a degenerative perceptual narrative... | |
| Paula Bennett, Vernon A. Rosario - Masturbation - 1995 - 302 pages
...one looks for the will to will. As when Marianne, comparing herself with the more continent Elinor, felt all the force of that comparison, but not as...sister had hoped, to urge her to exertion now; she lelt it with all the pain ot continual self-reproach, regretted most bitterly that she had never exerted... | |
| Mary Waldron - Literary Criticism - 2001
...realises when the awareness of her unhappiness over four months adds guilt to Marianne's distress: 'It brought only the torture of penitence, without...impossible, and therefore it only dispirited her more' (SS 27o). Thus Austen complicates the interaction of human beings in their quest for right action.... | |
| Frank Lentricchia, Andrew DuBois - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 412 pages
...one looks for the will to will. As when Marianne, comparing herself with the more continent Elinor, felt all the force of that comparison, but not as...only the torture of penitence, without the hope of amendi ment. Her mind was so much weakened that she still fancied present exertion impossible, and... | |
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