Depend upon it, you see but halfYou see the...
Depend upon it, you see
but halfYou see the evil, but you do not see the consolationThere
will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all
apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails,
human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we
make a second better: we find comfort somewhere—and those evilminded
observers, dearest Mary, who make much of a little, are
more taken in and deceived than the parties themselves
“Well done, sister! I honour your esprit du corpsWhen I am a
wife, I mean to be just as staunch myself; and I wish my friends in
general would be so tooIt would save me many a heartache
“You are as bad as your brother, Mary; but we will cure you both
Mansfield shall cure you both, and without any taking inStay with
us, and we will cure you
The Crawfords, without wanting to be cured, were very willing to
stayMary was satisfied with the Parsonage as a present home, and
Henry equally ready to lengthen his visitHe had come, intending
to spend only a few days with them; but Mansfield promised well,
and there was nothing to call him elsewhereGrant
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to keep them both with her, and DrGrant was exceedingly well
contented to have it so: a talking pretty young woman like Miss
Crawford is always pleasant society to an indolent, stay-at-home
man; and MrCrawford’s being his guest was an excuse for drinking
claret every day
The Miss Bertrams’ admiration of MrCrawford was more rapturous
than anything which Miss Crawford’s habits made her likely
to feelShe acknowledged, however, that the MrBertrams were
very fine young men, that two such young men were not often seen
together even in London, and that their manners, particularly those
of the eldest, were very goodHe had been much in London, and
had more liveliness and gallantry than Edmund, and must, therefore,
be preferred; and, indeed, his being the eldest was another
strong claimShe had felt an early presentiment that she should like
the eldest bestShe knew it was her way
Tom Bertram must have been thought pleasant, indeed, at any
rate; he was the sort of young man to be generally liked, his agreeableness
was of the kind to be oftener found agreeable than some
endowments of a higher stamp, for he had easy manners, replica fendi spy bag excellent
spirits, a large acquaintance, and a great deal to say; and the reversion
of Mansfield Park, and a baronetcy, did no harm to all this
Miss Crawford soon felt that he and his situation might doShe
looked about her with due consideration, and found almost everything
in his favour: a park, a real park, five miles round, a spacious
modern-built house, so well placed and well screened as to deserve
to be in any collection of engravings of gentlemen’s seats in the
kingdom, and wanting only to be completely new furnished—pleasant
sisters, a quiet mother, and an agreeable man himself—with the
advantage of being tied up from much gaming at present by a promise
to his father, and of being Sir Thomas hereafterIt might do very
well; she believed she should accept him; and she began accordingly
to interest herself a little about the horse which he had to run at the
B——— races
These races were to call him away not long after their acquaintance
began; and as it appeared that the family did not, from his
usual goings on, expect him back again for many weeks, it would
bring his passion to an early proofMuch was said on his side chanel wallet purse to
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induce her to attend the races, and schemes were made for a large
party to them, with all the eagerness of inclination, but it would
only do to be talked of
And Fanny, what was she doing and thinking all this while? and
what was her opinion of the newcomers? Few young ladies of eighteen
could be less called on to speak their opinion than FannyIn a
quiet way, very little attended to, she paid her tribute of admiration
to Miss Crawford’s beauty; but as she still continued to think Mr
Crawford very plain, in spite of her two cousins having repeatedly
proved the contrary, she never mentioned himThe notice, which
she excited herself, was to this effect“I begin now to understand
you all, except Miss Price,” said Miss Crawford, as she was walking
with the Mr“Pray, is she out, or is she not? I am puzzled
She dined at the Parsonage, with the rest of you, which seemed like
being out; and yet she says so little, that I can hardly suppose she is
Edmund, to whom this was chiefly addressed, replied, “I believe I
know what you mean, but I will not undertake to answer the question
My cousin is grown upShe has the age replica tiffany jewelry and sense of a woman,
but the outs and not outs are beyond me
“And yet, in general, nothing can be more easily ascertainedThe
distinction is so broadManners as well as appearance are, generally
speaking, so totally differentTill now, I could not have supposed it
possible to be mistaken as to a girl’s being out or notA girl not out
has always the same sort of dress: a close bonnet, for instance; looks
very demure, and never says a wordYou may smile, but it is so, I
assure you; and except that it is sometimes carried a little too far, it
is all very properGirls should be quiet and modestThe most objectionable
part is, that the alteration of manners on being introduced
into company is frequently too suddenThey sometimes pass
in such very little time from reserve to quite the opposite—to confidence!
That is the faulty part of the present systemOne does not
like to see a girl of eighteen or nineteen so immediately up to every
thing—and perhaps when one has seen her hardly able to speak the
year beforeBertram, I dare say you have sometimes met with
such changes
“I believe I have, but this is hardly fair; I see what you are omega usa at