 I am convinced,' said Edward, 'that you really feel all the delight in a fine prospect which you profess to feel. But, in return, your sister must allow me to feel no more than I profess. I like a fine prospect, but not on picturesque principles. I do...  Sense and Sensibility: a Novel - Page 81by Jane Austen - 1833 - 331 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jane Austen - 1892 - 224 pages
...no language to describe them in but what was worn and hackneyed out of all sense and meaning." " 1 am convinced," said Edward, " that you really feel...flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farm-house... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1894 - 612 pages
...sense and meaning." ' " I am convinced," said Edward, " that you really feel all the delight in a fair prospect which you profess to feel. But, in return,...flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles or thistles or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farm-house than... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1899 - 264 pages
...Everybody pretends to feel and tries to describe with the taste and elegance of him who first denned what picturesque beauty was. I detest jargon of every...flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles or thistles, or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farmhouse than... | |
 | Jane Austen - England - 1903 - 1020 pages
...very true," said Marianne, " that admiration of landscape scenery has become a mere jargon. Everybody pretends to feel and tries to describe with the taste...flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farmhouse... | |
 | Jane Austen - England - 1905 - 296 pages
...very true,' said Marianne, ' that admiration of landscape scenery is become a mere jargon. Everybody pretends to feel, and tries to describe with the taste...flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farmhouse... | |
 | Jane Austen - England - 1905 - 296 pages
...was worn and 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...flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farmhouse... | |
 | 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....more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing," etc. (Chapter XVIII). This is presumably the sentiment of the author. Mrs. Radcliffe was one of the... | |
 | 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 nourishing," etc. (Chapter XVIII). This is presumably the sentiment of the author. Mrs. Radcliffe was... | |
 | 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,...flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farm-house... | |
 | 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,...flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles, or thistles, or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farm-house... | |
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