Sense and Sensibility, Volume 2

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Little, Brown,, 1899 - England - 548 pages
 

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Page 297 - His wife was not always out of humour, nor his home always uncomfortable; and in his breed of horses and dogs, and in sporting of every kind, he found no inconsiderable degree of domestic felicity.
Page 296 - Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate. She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract by her conduct her most favorite maxims. She was born to overcome an affection formed so late in life as at seventeen, and with no sentiment superior to strong esteem and lively friendship, voluntarily to give her hand to another...
Page 8 - But have you not received my notes ?" cried Marianne in the wildest anxiety. " Here is some mistake, I am sure — some dreadful mistake. What can be the meaning of it ? Tell me, Willoughby ; for Heaven's sake tell me ; what is the matter...
Page 203 - Marianne, restored to life, health, friends, and to her doting mother, was an idea to fill her heart with sensations of exquisite comfort, and expand it in fervent gratitude ; but it led to no outward demonstrations of joy, no words, no smiles. All within Elinor's breast was satisfaction, silent and strong.
Page 296 - ... she found herself at nineteen submitting to new attachments, entering on new duties, placed in a new home, a wife, the mistress of a family, and the patroness of a village.

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