 ... towards myself, and want of kindness to others. I saw that my own feelings had prepared my sufferings, and that my want of fortitude under them had almost led me to the grave. My illness, I well knew, had been entirely brought on by myself, by such...  The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen - Page 252by Jane Austen - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Jane Austen - 1844 - 486 pages
...illness, I well knew, had been entirely brought on by myself, by such negligence of my own health as I had felt even at the time to be wrong. Had I died, it would have beeu self-destruction. I did not know my danger till the danger was removed ; but with such feelings... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1892 - 582 pages
...illness I well knew had been entirely brought on by myself, by such negligence of my own health as I had felt, even at the time, to be wrong. Had I died, it...removed; but with such feelings as these reflections gave me,'I wonder at my recovery, — wonder that the very eagerness of my desire to live, to have time... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1892 - 256 pages
...brought on by myself, by such negligence of my own health as I felt even at the time to be wrong. Had 1 died, it would have been self-destruction. I did not...feelings as these reflections gave me, I wonder at my recovery,—wonder that the very eagerness of my desire to live, to have time for atonement to my God,... | |
 | Jane Austen - English fiction - 1892 - 248 pages
...brought on by myself, by such negligence of my own health as I felt even at the time to be wrong. Had 1 died, it would have been self-destruction. I did not...feelings as these reflections gave me, I wonder at my recovery,—wonder that the very eagerness of my desire to live, to have time for atonement to my God,... | |
 | Jane Austen - Domestic fiction - 1913 - 378 pages
...illness, I well knew, had been entirely brought on by myself by such negligence of my own health as I had felt, even at the time, to be wrong. Had I died, it...my danger till the danger was removed ; but, with 15 such feelings as these reflections gave me, I wonder at my recovery, — wonder that the very eagerness... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1926 - 474 pages
...I well knew, had been entirely brought on by myself, by such negligence of my own health, as I had felt even at the time to be wrong. Had I died, —...self-destruction. I did not know my danger till the the danger was removed ; but with such feelings as these reflections gave me, I wonder at my recovery,... | |
 | Jocelyn Harris - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 288 pages
...I well knew, had been entirely brought on by myself, by such negligence of my own health, as I had felt even at the time to be wrong. Had I died, - it would have been self-destruction. (345) In spite of Lovelace's belief that the pious Clarissa would not 'shorten her own life, either... | |
 | George E. Haggerty - Social Science - 1998 - 228 pages
...I well knew, had been entirely brought on by myself, by such negligence of my own health, as I had felt even at the time to be wrong. Had I died, — it would have been selfdestruction. ... I cannot express my own abhorrence of myself. (303) Marianne seems automatically to blame herself here.... | |
 | Barbara Britton Wenner - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 150 pages
...that total insider exposure to the landscape (in this case, voluntary) equates to attempted suicide: "Had I died, — it would have been self-destruction....these reflections gave me, I wonder at my recovery" (346). She is able to experience the memory of her first meeting Willoughby on the hill and yet also... | |
 | Dagmar Hecher - Discourse analysis, Narrative - 2007 - 141 pages
...I well knew, had been entirely brought on by myself, by such negligence of my own health, as I had felt even at the time to be wrong. Had I died, - it would have been selfdestruction. (S&S, 322) Marianne's illness changes her character insofar as she develops from a selfish, passionate... | |
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