nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His
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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 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
nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His succession to the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the unusual in children of two or three years old; an imperfect articulation, an earnest desire of
hearted and rather selfish is to be ill-disposed: but he was, in general, well respected; for he 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 ever, had not the entreaty of her eldest girl induced her first to reflect on the propriety of sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation. She was generous, amiable, interesting: she was
cherished. They encouraged each other now in the violence of their affliction. The agony of grief attention; and could strive to rouse her mother to similar exertion, and encourage her to similar
most dreadful degree. She begged him to think again on the subject. How could he answer it to sisters? "It was my father's last request to me," replied her husband, "that I should assist his leave Norland and settle in a new home." "Well, then, LET something be done for them; but THAT not wish to do any thing mean," he replied. "One had rather, on such occasions, do too much than too any young woman." "To be sure it is; and, indeed, it strikes me that they can want no addition at trouble of getting it to them; and then one of them was said to have died, and afterwards it turned tied down to the regular payment of such a sum, on every rent day, is by no means desirable: it
idea of your giving them any money at all. The assistance he thought of, I dare say, was only such excessively comfortable your mother-in-law and her daughters may live on the interest of seven request to me than what you say. I clearly understand it now, and I will strictly fulfil my
wife pointed out. 3 Mrs. Dashwood remained at Norland several months; not from any disinclination to approved. Mrs. Dashwood had been informed by her husband of the solemn promise on the part of hisincapable of generosity. His attentive behaviour to herself and his sisters convinced her that their nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; 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
or his son;--but to his son, and his son's son, a child of four years old, it was secured, in such a remained for his widow and daughters. His son was sent for as soon as his danger was known, and to promised to do every thing in his power to make them comfortable. His father was rendered easy by repent. No sooner was his father's funeral over, than Mrs. John Dashwood, without sending any notice
honor so keen, a generosity so romantic, that any offence of the kind, by whomsoever given or their sakes avoid a breach with their brother. Elinor, this eldest daughter, whose advice was so cherished. They encouraged each other now in the violence of their affliction. The agony of grief installed herself mistress of Norland; and her mother and sisters-in-law were degraded to the The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence
attachment to them all increased. The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his gave as much disappointment as pleasure. He was neither so unjust, nor so ungrateful, as to leave
considerable sum from the produce of an estate already large, and capable of almost immediate John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;--more narrow-minded and selfish. When he gave his the indelicacy of her conduct was so much the greater, and to a woman in Mrs. Dashwood's situation, their sakes avoid a breach with their brother. Elinor, this eldest daughter, whose advice was so to imprudence. She had an excellent heart;--her disposition was affectionate, and her feelings were sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation. She was generous, amiable, interesting: she was again. They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every
already imbibed a good deal of Marianne's romance, without having much of her sense, she did not, at plan appeared so eligible to Mrs. Dashwood as remaining there till she could accommodate herself John Dashwood did not at all approve of what her husband intended to do for his sisters. To take
three thousand pounds from the fortune of their dear little boy would be impoverishing him to the sisters? "It was my father's last request to me," replied her husband, "that I should assist hiswere diminished one half.--Five hundred pounds would be a prodigious increase to their fortunes!" hardly expect more." "There is no knowing what THEY may expect," said the lady, "but we are not to will each have about three thousand pounds on their mother's death--a very comfortable fortune for any young woman." "To be sure it is; and, indeed, it strikes me that they can want no addition at fifteen hundred pounds at once. But, then, if Mrs. Dashwood should live fifteen years we shall be
attachment to them all increased. The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age. By his own of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it. In the society of his
his existence. By a former marriage, Mr. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. But her death, which happened was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age. By his own
small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; a life-interest in it. The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will,
tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at to be unkind, however, and, as a mark of his affection for the three girls, he left them a thousand 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 made amiable himself; for he was very young when he married, and very fond of his wife. But Mrs. of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it. In the society of 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 small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only
a life-interest in it. The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will, unusual in children of two or three years old; an imperfect articulation, an earnest desire of
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