At fifteen, appearances were mending; she began to curl her hair and long for balls; her complexion improved, her features were softened by plumpness and colour, her eyes gained more animation, and her figure more consequence. Chapters from Jane Austen - Page 137by Jane Austen - 1888 - 366 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jane Austen - England - 1818 - 338 pages
...stubborn, scarcely ever quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tyranny ; she Was moreover noisy and wild, hated confinement...and loved nothing so well in the world as rolling B 3 down down the green slope at the back of the house. Such was Catherine Morkind at ten* At fifteen,... | |
| Jane Austen - 1833 - 464 pages
...quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tyranny ; she was moreover noisy «nd wild, hated confinement and cleanliness, and loved...improved, her features were softened by plumpness and colour, her eyes gained more animation, and her figure more consequence. Her love of dirt gave way... | |
| Jane Austen - 1833 - 460 pages
...stubborn, scarcely 6yer quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tyranny ; she was moreover noisy and wild, hated confinement...well in the world as rolling down the green slope »t the back of the house. Such was Catherine Morland at ten. At fifteen, aj>pearances were mending... | |
| Jane Austen - 1837 - 456 pages
...stubborn, scarcely ever quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tyranny ; she was moreover noisy and wild, hated confinement...loved nothing so well in the world as rolling down the gree at the back of the house. Such was Catherine Morland at ten. At fifte ,>*v, V^** NORTHANGEB ABBEY.... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Women - 1853 - 946 pages
...stubborn, scarcely ever quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tjTanny; X + * begun to curl her hair and long for balls ; her complexion improved, her features were softened by... | |
| Jane Austen - English fiction - 1856 - 464 pages
...stubborn, scarcely ever quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tyranny ; she was moreover noisy and wild, hated confinement...improved, her features were softened by plumpness and colour, her eyes gained more animation, and her figure more consequence. Her love of dirt gave way... | |
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1863 - 478 pages
...stubborn, scarcely ever quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tyranny : she was, moreover, noisy and wild, hated confinement...rolling down the green slope at the back of the house." — Northanger Abbey, Chap. I. As Catharine develops into womanhood, Miss Austen relents so far as... | |
| Jane Austen - 1880 - 444 pages
...stubborn, scarcely ever quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tyranny ; she was moreover noisy and wild, hated confinement...slope at the back of the house. Such was Catherine Morlancl at ten. At fifteen, appearances were mending; she began to curl her hair and long for balls;... | |
| Henrietta Keddie - 1880 - 420 pages
...stubborn, scarcely ever quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tyranny. She was, moreover, noisy and wild, hated confinement...rolling down the green slope at the back of the house.'" The story agrees with the first paragraph. With the exception of "Pride and Prejudice/ ' " Northanger... | |
| Jane Austen - English literature - 1882 - 450 pages
...stubborn, scarcely ever quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tyranny ; she was moreover noisy and wild, hated confinement...improved, her features were softened by plumpness and colour, her eyes gained more animation, and her figure more consequence. Her love of dirt gave way... | |
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