 I like a fine prospect, but not on picturesque principles. I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles,...  Sense and Sensibility - Page 89by Jane Austen - 1913 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Selden Lincoln Whitcomb - Fiction - 1905 - 364 pages
...Sensibility, Marianne says " admiration of landscape scenery is become a mere jargon," and Edward adds, " I like a fine prospect, but not on picturesque principles....admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing," etc. (Chapter XVIII). This is presumably the sentiment of the author. Mrs. Radcliffe... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1906 - 308 pages
...all sense and meaning." [132] "I am convinced," said Edward, "that you really feel all the delights in a fine prospect which you profess to feel. But,...admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1906 - 324 pages
...out of all sense and meaning." "I am convinced," said Edward, "that you really feel all the delights in a fine prospect which you profess to feel. But,...admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or... | |
 | Jane Austen - Novelists, English - 1906 - 340 pages
...all sense and meaning." [132] "I am convinced," said Edward, "that you really feel all the delights in a fine prospect which you profess to feel. But,...admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or... | |
 | Jane Austen - English literature - 1911 - 310 pages
...hackneyed out of all sense and meaning.' ' I am convinced,' said Edward, ' that you 140 really feel all the delight in a fine prospect which you profess...admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or... | |
 | Reinard Willem Zandvoort - Books - 1924 - 494 pages
...allow myself to add to his many instructive and characteristic quotations, this one from Jane Austen: "I like a fine prospect, but not on picturesque principles. I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. 1 admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1926 - 474 pages
...said Edward, " that you really feel all the delight in a fine prospect which you profess 1781.1 H tO to feel. But, in return, your sister must allow me...I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or... | |
 | Norman Furlong - Satire, English - 1946 - 196 pages
...again in Edward's next observation to Marianne : 'I am convinced', said Edward, 'that you really feel all the delight in a fine prospect which you profess...admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or... | |
 | Peter James Malcolm Scott - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 220 pages
...deliberately so establishes him as deficient. He can in fact be quite talkative and witty in his turn: But, in return, your sister must allow me to feel...I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or... | |
 | Richard Kuhns - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 208 pages
...back into consciousness. In the first passage, Edward remarks to Elinor as they walk out of doors : "I like a fine prospect, but not on picturesque principles....admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or... | |
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