Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence, and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Persuasion - Page 1by Jane Austen - 1903 - 1004 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jane Austen - England - 1816 - 346 pages
...DEDICATED, BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S DUTIFUL AND OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. EMMA. CHAP. I. EMMA Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable...to distress or vex her. She was the youngest of the twodaughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father, and had, in consequenceof her sister's marriage,... | |
| Jane Austen - 1889 - 410 pages
...from London, and the time occupied in its development is about thirteen months. EMMA. CHAPTER I. EMMA WOODHOUSE, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable...the world with very little to distress or vex her. JSlie was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father, and had, in consequence... | |
| Mrs. Charles Malden - 1889 - 242 pages
...to look after her, she will do very well. Her position would be a spoiling one for any girl. " Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable...disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings oJ existence ; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex... | |
| Mrs. Charles Malden - 1889 - 240 pages
...to look after her, she will do very well. Her position would be a spoiling one for any girl. " Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some 9 of the best blessings of existence ; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very... | |
| Jane Austen, Rosina Filippi - 1895 - 182 pages
...breeches. Emma and Harriet. THREE LOVES. Characters. Emma Woodhouse, Harriet Smith, Mr Knightley. NB " Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable...indulgent father ; and had, in consequence of her sister's (Isabella) marriage, been mistress of his house from a very early period. The real evils, indeed, of... | |
| Francis Warre Cornish - 1913 - 264 pages
...will much like ' — but the first words of the book predispose the reader in her favour : — Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite , 18U-181B; Persuasion, 1815-1816. Brabouruo, ii. 312. ' Met. 151 tome of the beat blessings of existence... | |
| Francis Warre Cornish - 1913 - 268 pages
...will much like ' — but the first words of the book predispose the reader in her favour : — Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite 1 Emma, 1814-1815 ; Persuasion, 1815-1816. 2 Brabourne, ii. 312. 3 Ibid. eome of the best blessings... | |
| Orlo Williams - English fiction - 1926 - 316 pages
...Wuthering Heights, if we are happy enough to have the discernment which can enjoy all three. " Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable...the world with very little to distress or vex her." Truly the story which opens thus is a quiet story of quiet people quietly told. It is the story of... | |
| Francis Warre Cornish - 1926 - 268 pages
...disposition, seemed to unite 1 Emma, 1814-1815 ; Persuasion, 1815-1816. " Brabourne, ii. 312. 3 Ibid. 151 some of the best blessings of existence ; and had...years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.1 The cheerful vein in which the story is begun continues throughout. The movement of the piece... | |
| Graham Hough - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 260 pages
...to a large extent concerned with facts, and the narrator is not going to deceive us about the facts. She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most...indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister's early marriage, been mistress of his house from a very early period. (Ch. 1) The facts are presented... | |
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