 I was struck by the alteration in herself. She was very pale, her voice was weak and low, and there was about her a general appearance of debility and suffering; but I have been told that she never had much acute pain. She was not equal to the exertion...  The Novels of Jane Austen - Page xxiiby Jane Austen - 1906Full view - About this book
 | James Edward Austen-Leigh - Novelists, English - 1871 - 396 pages
...been arranged for us by the fire, she said, " There is a chair for the married lady, and a little M stool for you, Caroline." * It is strange, but those...was about her a general appearance of debility and suffer- . ing ; but I have been told that she never had much acute pain. She was not equal to the exertion... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1880 - 420 pages
...her dressing-gown, sitting in an arm-chair, though she could get up and kindly greet the visitors. She was very pale, her voice was weak and low, and...her a general appearance of debility and suffering. She was not equal to the exertion of talking, and the visit of the nieces to the sick room was a short... | |
 | Jane Austen - English literature - 1882 - 396 pages
...for us by the fire, she said, " There is a chair for the married lady, and a little 162 A Memoir of stool for you, Caroline." * It is strange, but those...the exertion of talking to us, and our visit to the sick room was a very short one, Aunt Cassandra soon taking us away. I do not suppose we stayed a quarter... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1899 - 372 pages
...said by any one in the conversation that ensued. 1 The writer was at that time under twelve years old. I was struck by the alteration in herself. She was...low, and there was about her a general appearance of debil-' ity and suffering; but I have been told that she never had much acute pain. She was not equal... | |
 | Geraldine Edith Mitton - Biography & Autobiography - 1905 - 394 pages
...by the fire, ' There is a chair for the married lady, and a little stool for you, Caroline.' . . . I was struck by the alteration in herself. She was...the exertion of talking to us, and our visit to the sick room was a very short one, aunt Cassandra soon taking us away. I do not suppose we stayed a quarter... | |
 | Geraldine Edith Mitton - Biography & Autobiography - 1905 - 392 pages
...by trie fire, ' There is a chair for the married lady, and a little stool for you, Caroline.' . . . I was struck by the alteration in herself. She was...the exertion of talking to us, and our visit to the sick room was a very short one, aunt Cassandra soon taking us away. I do not suppose we stayed a quarter... | |
 | Geraldine Edith Mitton - Biography & Autobiography - 1905 - 416 pages
...by the fire, ' There is a chair for the married lady, and a little stool for you, Caroline.' . . . I was struck by the alteration in herself. She was...the exertion of talking to us, and our visit to the sick room was a very short one, aunt Cassandra soon taking us away. I do not suppose we stayed a quarter... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1910 - 650 pages
...the spring of 1817 found her very infirm. " She was very pale," this lady reported in after years ; "her voice was weak and low, and there was about her...the exertion of talking to us, and our visit to the sick room was a very short one." A month or two later, on 18 July, 1817, Jane Austen died. The inference... | |
 | William Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh - Novelists, English - 1913 - 658 pages
...got up and kindly greeted us, and then, pointing to seats which had been arranged i Memoir, p. 161. for us by the fire, she said ' There is a chair for...the exertion of talking to us, and our visit to the sick room was a very short one, Aunt Cassandra soon taking us away. I do not suppose we stayed a quarter... | |
 | Ian Littlewood - Romance fiction, English - 1998 - 496 pages
...for I retain no recollection at all of what was said by any one in the conversation that of course ensued — I was struck by the alteration in herself...and suffering; but I have been told that she never hadmuch actual pain — She was not equal to the exertion of talking to us, and our visit to the sick... | |
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