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May I ask you what these questions tend?' 'Merely to the illustration of your character,' said she, endeavouring to shake off her gravity. 'I am trying to make it out.' 'And what is your success?' She shook her head. 'I do not get on at all. I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly.

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And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.

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“I often think,” said she, “that there is nothing so bad as parting with one's friends. One seems so forlorn without them.”

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You are very kind in planning presents for me to make, and my mother has shown me exactly the same attention; but as I do not choose to have generosity dictated to me, I shall not resolve on giving my cabinet to Anna till the first thought of it has been my own.

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It taught me to hope, as I had scarcely ever allowed myself to hope before.

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There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison

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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not.

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for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.

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Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.

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It sometimes is a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection from the object of it, she may loose the opportunity of fixing him.

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Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures. They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I confess they would have no charms for me. I should infinitely prefer a book.

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One word from you shall silence me forever.

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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

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To you I shall say, as I have often said before, Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last.

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But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by everybody at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience; or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope.

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She wished such words unsaid with all her heart

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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.

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The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for.

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I can always live by my pen.

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And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.

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