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cheerfulness, no temper could be more cheerful than hers, or possess, in a greater degree, that John Dashwood did not at all approve of what her husband intended to do for his sisters. To take was he to ruin himself, and their poor little Harry, by giving away all his money to his half sisters? "It was my father's last request to me," replied her husband, "that I should assist his ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he
of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to succession to the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, gave as much disappointment as pleasure. He was neither so unjust, nor so ungrateful, as to leave unusual in children of two or three years old; an imperfect articulation, an earnest desire of
all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters. He meant not pounds a-piece. Mr. Dashwood's disappointment was, at first, severe; but his temper was cheerful and survived his uncle no longer; and ten thousand pounds, including the late legacies, was all that hearted and rather selfish is to be ill-disposed: but he was, in general, well respected; for he four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own
completely easy. Three thousand pounds! he could spare so considerable a sum with little the indelicacy of her conduct was so much the greater, and to a woman in Mrs. Dashwood's situation,
with only common feelings, must have been highly unpleasing;--but in HER mind there was a sense of 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 of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. But her death, which happened wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree
mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age. By his own succession to the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only
needed a provision by any charge on the estate, or by any sale of its valuable woods. The whole was unusual in children of two or three years old; an imperfect articulation, an earnest desire ofall the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters. He meant not to be unkind, however, and, as a mark of his affection for the three girls, he left them a thousand 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 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; for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no means pounds a-piece. Mr. Dashwood's disappointment was, at first, severe; but his temper was cheerful and
sanguine; and he might reasonably hope to live many years, and by living economically, lay by a invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it. In the society of his ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he his existence. By a former marriage, Mr. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three
succession to the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, bequest. Mr. Dashwood had wished for it more for the sake of his wife and daughters than for himself
way, as to leave to himself no power of providing for those who were most dear to him, and who most needed a provision by any charge on the estate, or by any sale of its valuable woods. The whole was The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The
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 small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal;
or his son;--but to his son, and his son's son, a child of four years old, it was secured, in such a Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no meansall the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters. He meant not interest of his mother-in-law and sisters. Mr. John Dashwood had not the strong feelings of the rest John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;--more narrow-minded and selfish. When he gave his present of a thousand pounds a-piece. He then really thought himself equal to it. The prospect of dispute her right to come; the house was her husband's from the moment of his father's decease; but
with how little attention to the comfort of other people she could act when occasion required it. So to the advantage of them all, that eagerness of mind in Mrs. Dashwood which must generally have led strong; but she knew how to govern them: it was a knowledge which her mother had yet to learn; and with concern, the excess of her sister's sensibility; but by Mrs. Dashwood it was valued and
too, was deeply afflicted; but still she could struggle, she could exert herself. She could consult 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 husband with as much kindness as he could feel towards anybody beyond himself, his wife, and their sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself. But in sorrow she must be equally
John Dashwood did not at all approve of what her husband intended to do for his sisters. To take 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 widow and daughters." "He did not know what he was talking of, I dare say; ten to one but he was something need not be three thousand pounds. Consider," she added, "that when the money is once "that would make great difference. The time may come when Harry will regret that so large a sum was "Oh! beyond anything great! What brother on earth would do half so much for his sisters, even if hardly expect more." "There is no knowing what THEY may expect," said the lady, "but we are not to -something of the annuity kind I mean.--My sisters would feel the good effects of it as well as
them; and she is very stout and healthy, and hardly forty. An annuity is a very serious business; it trouble of getting it to them; and then one of them was said to have died, and afterwards it turned would have been entirely at my mother's disposal, without any restriction whatever. It has given me
takes away one's independence." "Undoubtedly; and after all you have no thanks for it. They think themselves secure, you do no more than what is expected, and it raises no gratitude at all. If I
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