his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the
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all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters. He meant not survived his uncle no longer; and ten thousand pounds, including the late legacies, was all that interest of his mother-in-law and sisters. Mr. John Dashwood had not the strong feelings of the rest of the family; but he was affected by a recommendation of such a nature at such a time, and he nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His
marriage, likewise, which happened soon afterwards, he added to his wealth. To him therefore the a life-interest in it. The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will, his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the way, as to leave to himself no power of providing for those who were most dear to him, and who most
pounds a-piece. Mr. Dashwood's disappointment was, at first, severe; but his temper was cheerful and of the family; but he was affected by a recommendation of such a nature at such a time, and he amiable woman, he might have been made still more respectable than he was:--he might even have been present of a thousand pounds a-piece. He then really thought himself equal to it. The prospect of them three thousand pounds: it would be liberal and handsome! It would be enough to make them
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
ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he daughters. The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the having his own way, many cunning tricks, and a great deal of noise, as to outweigh all the value of to be unkind, however, and, as a mark of his affection for the three girls, he left them a thousand sanguine; and he might reasonably hope to live many years, and by living economically, lay by a considerable sum from the produce of an estate already large, and capable of almost immediate
late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to 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; gave as much disappointment as pleasure. He was neither so unjust, nor so ungrateful, as to leavehaving his own way, many cunning tricks, and a great deal of noise, as to outweigh all the value of to be unkind, however, and, as a mark of his affection for the three girls, he left them a thousand survived his uncle no longer; and ten thousand pounds, including the late legacies, was all that remained for his widow and daughters. His son was sent for as soon as his danger was known, and to of the family; but he was affected by a recommendation of such a nature at such a time, and he
hearted and rather selfish is to be ill-disposed: but he was, in general, well respected; for he John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;--more narrow-minded and selfish. When he gave his repent. No sooner was his father's funeral over, than Mrs. John Dashwood, without sending any notice 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 ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor 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
of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it. In the society 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, or his son;--but to his son, and his son's son, a child of four years old, it was secured, in such a
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