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was he to ruin himself, and their poor little Harry, by giving away all his money to his half parted with. If he should have a numerous family, for instance, it would be a very convenient -something of the annuity kind I mean.--My sisters would feel the good effects of it as well as doing. I have known a great deal of the trouble of annuities; for my mother was clogged with the such perpetual claims on it; and it was the more unkind in my father, because, otherwise, the money
would have been entirely at my mother's disposal, without any restriction whatever. It has given me themselves secure, you do no more than what is expected, and it raises no gratitude at all. If I were you, whatever I did should be done at my own discretion entirely. I would not bind myself to should by no annuity in the case; whatever I may give them occasionally will be of far greater
thousand pounds, besides the thousand pounds belonging to each of the girls, which brings them in fifty pounds a year a-piece, and, of course, they will pay their mother for their board out of it. of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. But her death, which happened daughters. The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his gave as much disappointment as pleasure. He was neither so unjust, nor so ungrateful, as to leave
bequest. Mr. Dashwood had wished for it more for the sake of his wife and daughters than for himself attachment to them all increased. The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his
small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; gave as much disappointment as pleasure. He was neither so unjust, nor so ungrateful, as to leave to be unkind, however, and, as a mark of his affection for the three girls, he left them a thousand him Mr. Dashwood recommended, with all the strength and urgency which illness could command, the such an assurance, and Mr. John Dashwood had then leisure to consider how much there might prudently of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. But her death, which happened of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it. In the society of his
a life-interest in it. The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will, bequest. Mr. Dashwood had wished for it more for the sake of his wife and daughters than for himself all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters. He meant not
him Mr. Dashwood recommended, with all the strength and urgency which illness could command, the interest of his mother-in-law and sisters. Mr. John Dashwood had not the strong feelings of the restpromised to do every thing in his power to make them comfortable. His father was rendered easy by conducted himself with propriety in the discharge of his ordinary duties. Had he married a more them three thousand pounds: it would be liberal and handsome! It would be enough to make them the indelicacy of her conduct was so much the greater, and to a woman in Mrs. Dashwood's situation, acutely did Mrs. Dashwood feel this ungracious behaviour, and so earnestly did she despise her
daughter-in-law for it, that, on the arrival of the latter, she would have quitted the house for going, and her own tender love for all her three children determined her afterwards to stay, and for which one of her sisters had resolved never to be taught. Marianne's abilities were, in many cherished. They encouraged each other now in the violence of their affliction. The agony of grief
again. They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future. Elinor, thirteen, bid fair to equal her sisters at a more advanced period of life. 2 Mrs. John Dashwood now sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself. But in sorrow she must be equally carried away by her fancy, and as far beyond consolation as in pleasure she was beyond alloy. Mrs.
so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he
mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age. By his own marriage, likewise, which happened soon afterwards, he added to his wealth. To him therefore the succession to the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His his existence. By a former marriage, Mr. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three daughters. The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his a life-interest in it. The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will,
way, as to leave to himself no power of providing for those who were most dear to him, and who most unusual in children of two or three years old; an imperfect articulation, an earnest desire of considerable sum from the produce of an estate already large, and capable of almost immediate
him Mr. Dashwood recommended, with all the strength and urgency which illness could command, the be in his power to do for them. He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather coldJohn Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;--more narrow-minded and selfish. When he gave his completely easy. Three thousand pounds! he could spare so considerable a sum with little with only common feelings, must have been highly unpleasing;--but in HER mind there was a sense of honor so keen, a generosity so romantic, that any offence of the kind, by whomsoever given or The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence
so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The attachment to them all increased. The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree daughters. The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his
a life-interest in it. The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will, or his son;--but to his son, and his son's son, a child of four years old, it was secured, in such a having his own way, many cunning tricks, and a great deal of noise, as to outweigh all the value of remained for his widow and daughters. His son was sent for as soon as his danger was known, and to amiable woman, he might have been made still more respectable than he was:--he might even have been
mother's fortune, warmed his heart, and made him feel capable of generosity.-- "Yes, he would give completely easy. Three thousand pounds! he could spare so considerable a sum with little
inconvenience."-- He thought of it all day long, and for many days successively, and he did not dispute her right to come; the house was her husband's from the moment of his father's decease; but ever, had not the entreaty of her eldest girl induced her first to reflect on the propriety of to the advantage of them all, that eagerness of mind in Mrs. Dashwood which must generally have led respects, quite equal to Elinor's. She was sensible and clever; but eager in everything: her with concern, the excess of her sister's sensibility; but by Mrs. Dashwood it was valued and which overpowered them at first, was voluntarily renewed, was sought for, was created again and
already imbibed a good deal of Marianne's romance, without having much of her sense, she did not, at thirteen, bid fair to equal her sisters at a more advanced period of life. 2 Mrs. John Dashwood now condition of visitors. As such, however, they were treated by her with quiet civility; and by her
husband with as much kindness as he could feel towards anybody beyond himself, his wife, and their everything reminded her of former delight, was exactly what suited her mind. In seasons of
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