 ... respect improve as much upon acquaintance as his manners and person. At first sight, his address is certainly not striking ; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general...  Sense and Sensibility - Page 17by Jane Austen - 1864 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jane Austen - 1833 - 372 pages
...which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived. At present, I know him so well, that I think him really handsome; - or, at least, almost so. M r hat say you, Marianne ? " " I shall very soon think him handsome, Elinor, if I do not now. When... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1844 - 486 pages
...which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived. At present, I know him so well, that I think him really handsome...Elinor, if I do not now. When you tell me to love him as n brother, I shall no more see imperfection in his lace, than I now do in his heart." Elinor started... | |
 | Jane Austen - Domestic fiction - 1913 - 378 pages
...which are uncommonly good, 4o and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived. At present, I know him so well, that I think him really handsome...shall very soon think him handsome, Elinor, if I do 5 not now. When you tell me to love him as a brother, I shall no more see imperfection in his face... | |
 | George Moore - Painting, Modern - 1923 - 510 pages
...eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance is seen. At present I know him so well that I think him really handsome,...I shall very soon think him handsome, Elinor, if I don't now. When you tell me to love him as a brother I shall no more see perfection in his face than... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1926 - 474 pages
...which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived. At present, I know him so well, that I think him really handsome...When you tell me to love him as a brother, I shall I shall no more see imperfection in his face, than I now do in his heart." Elinor started at this declaration,... | |
 | George Moore - Literature, Modern - 1926 - 328 pages
...eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance is seen. At present I know him so well that I think him really handsome,...I shall very soon think him handsome, Elinor, if I don't now. When you tell me to love him as a brother I shall no more see perfection in his face than... | |
 | Mary Poovey - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 309 pages
...which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived. At present, I know him so well, that I think him really handsome; or, at least, almost so" (p. 20). Colonel Brandon, "neither very young nor very gay," is "silent and grave" much of the time... | |
 | Reeta Sahney - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 224 pages
...Joyce Henlow, "Fanny Bumey and Country Books", PMLA, 65 (1 950), pp. 732-61 . Marianne's response is "I shall very soon think him handsome, Elinor, if...see imperfection in his face, than I now do in his heart".(SS, 54) One leams to make allowances for her because she has yet to see life in a proper perspective,... | |
 | Jane Austen - Fiction - 1992 - 276 pages
...which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance is perceived. At present, I know him so well, that I think him really handsome;...Marianne?' 'I shall very soon think him handsome, Minor, if I do not now. When you tell me to love him as a brother, I shall no more see imperfection... | |
 | Karen Ann Hohne, Helen Wussow - Feminist literary criticism - 1994 - 234 pages
...expression of his eyes, . . . and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived. At present, I know him so well, that I think him really handsome; or at least, almost so" (20). Others have been harsher, calling Edward "an unpleasant shadow," "spineless," and chronically... | |
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