 The family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where for many generations they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good...  Sense and Sensibility - Page 1by Jane Austen - 1864 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jane Austen - 1888 - 412 pages
...little over 'two vears. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. VOLUME THE FiRST. CHAPTER I. THE family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, hi the centre of their property, where for many generations they had lived in so respectable a manner... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1889 - 410 pages
...little over two vein's. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. VOLUME THE FIRST. CHAPTER I. THE family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex. Their estate was...Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where for man}' generations they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of... | |
 | Jane Austen - England - 1903 - 1020 pages
...Edinburgh, and New York 1903 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. CHAPTER I. THE family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex. Their estate was...good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The !ate owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1906 - 324 pages
...180 SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Sense and Sensibility CHAPTER I r | ^HE family of Dashwood had been long I settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their...property, where for many generations they had lived hi so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance.... | |
 | Oliver MacDonagh - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 212 pages
...believed, 'of almost immediate improvement'.38 It had long been the property of the Dashwood family: 'for many generations, they had lived in so respectable...general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance' (p. 1). Barton Park in Devonshire was seemingly a counterpart of Norland. The 'house was large and... | |
 | Edward Copeland, Juliet McMaster - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 278 pages
...that people do active harm and yet remain respectable. The Dashwood family had lived for generations 'in so respectable a manner, as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance' (3); and John Dashwood will clearly not lose the good opinion of his neighbours by leaving his dependent... | |
 | Nicholas Dames - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 309 pages
...outset is a language oí summary, a series of vague yet settled memories that is far from traumatic: 'Their estate was large, and their residence was at...general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance" (SS, 3). The voice here is expressive of both consistency ("for many generations") and a comfortable... | |
 | Marc Arabyan - Discourse analysis - 2001 - 362 pages
...(une fois sur cinq) de la première proposition (clause) : [2] The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their...at Norland Park, in the centre of their property. [4] About thirty years ago, Miss Maria Ward of Huntingdon, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas... | |
 | Ian Littlewood - Romance fiction, English - 1998 - 496 pages
...moderns would be much depressed were they required to open thus: The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their...general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. We consent to read the dismal opening; we endure the pother of the unmusical words; we tolerate it... | |
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