Mrs. Ferrars to his choice, and re-established him completely in her favour. The whole of Lucy's behaviour in the affair, and the prosperity which crowned it, therefore, may be held forth as a most encouraging instance of what an earnest, an unceasing... Sense and Sensibility: a Novel - Page 325by Jane Austen - 1833 - 331 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver MacDonagh - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 212 pages
...prosper more. The whole of Lucy's behaviour in the affair, and the prosperity which crowned it ... may be held forth as a most encouraging instance of...other sacrifice than that of time and conscience. (p. 376) The ultimate words imply, however, that there is a price to be paid for everything, even -... | |
| Edward Copeland - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 316 pages
...representative of this order: "The whole of Lucy's behaviour in the affair, and the prosperity which crowned it, may be held forth as a most encouraging instance of...other sacrifice than that of time and conscience" (p. 376). The prudent way of the pseudo-gentry, that is to say, of the Dashwood women and Edward Ferrars... | |
| Patricia Meyer Spacks - Education - 1995 - 310 pages
...forth as a most encouraging instance of what an earnest, an unceasing attention to self-interest . . . will do in securing every advantage of fortune, with...other sacrifice than that of time and conscience" (376). Attention to the self and its interests in Lucy appears unambiguously reprehensible, partly... | |
| Christopher Brooke, Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 252 pages
...Robert into marrying her and his rich, stupid mother, Mrs Ferrars, into making a favourite of her. The whole of Lucy's behaviour in the affair, and the...fortune, with no other sacrifice than that of time and conscience.2 On a similar note, in Persuasion, early in the final chapter, a moral is drawn. When any... | |
| Mary Waldron - Literary Criticism - 2001
...blatant misdeeds of others also go unpunished. Lucy, married to the heir to the Ferrars fortune, shows 'what an earnest, an unceasing attention to self-interest,...other sacrifice than that of time and conscience' (SS 376); Willoughby 'lived to exert, and frequently to enjoy himself (SS 379). The most venal of the... | |
| Shawna Mullen - Self-Help - 2003 - 244 pages
..."Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure." Mary Crawford, MP The whole of Lucy's behaviour in the affair, and the...other sacrifice than that of time and conscience. SS Self-pity Everybody around her was gay and busy, prosperous and important; each had their object... | |
| Jenny Davidson - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 242 pages
...Pamela in her incarnation as Shamela.14 The prosperity which crowns Lucy's duplicity, says the narrator, "may be held forth as a most encouraging instance...fortune, with no other sacrifice than that of time and conscience."'5 Elinor Dashwood's reward is more modest: marriage to the less wealthy Ferrars brother.... | |
| Peter J. Leithart - Fiction - 2004 - 203 pages
...what a determined devotion to self-interest might bring; like Willoughby, Lucy's story is a parable: "A most encouraging instance of what an earnest, an...other sacrifice than that of time and conscience" (p. 267). Austen is a moralist, but, as John Lauber has put it, she is not a "punitive" moralist. Sometimes... | |
| Emily Auerbach - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 364 pages
...forth as a most encouraging instance of what an earnest, an unceasing attention to self-interest . . . will do in securing every advantage of fortune, with...other sacrifice than that of time and conscience" (376). Why might Austen call this behavior "encouraging" or refer to John Dashwood as "respectable"?... | |
| Michael Prince - History - 1996 - 316 pages
...of what an earnest, an unceasing attention to selfinterest, however its progress may apparently be obstructed, will do in securing every advantage of...other sacrifice than that of time and conscience" (1n, xiv, p. 376). Good causes produce bad effects; bad causes produce good effects. Embracing Imlac's... | |
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