nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His
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marriage, likewise, which happened soon afterwards, he added to his wealth. To him therefore the independent of what might arise to them from their father's inheriting that property, could be but small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; 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 his existence. By a former marriage, Mr. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only bequest. Mr. Dashwood had wished for it more for the sake of his wife and daughters than for himself
to be unkind, however, and, as a mark of his affection for the three girls, he left them a thousand 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 of the family; but he was affected by a recommendation of such a nature at such a time, and he conducted himself with propriety in the discharge of his ordinary duties. Had he married a more
four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own 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 ever, had not the entreaty of her eldest girl induced her first to reflect on the propriety of 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 too, was deeply afflicted; but still she could struggle, she could exert herself. She could consult forbearance. Margaret, the other sister, was a good-humored, well-disposed girl; but as she had with a house in the neighbourhood, his invitation was accepted. A continuance in a place where
cheerfulness, no temper could be more cheerful than hers, or possess, in a greater degree, that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself. But in sorrow she must be equally was he to ruin himself, and their poor little Harry, by giving away all his money to his half
required the promise, I could not do less than give it; at least I thought so at the time. The promise, therefore, was given, and must be performed. Something must be done for them whenever theylate owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years 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 attachment to them all increased. The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His
daughters. The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his independent of what might arise to them from their father's inheriting that property, could be but way, as to leave to himself no power of providing for those who were most dear to him, and who most 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 interest of his mother-in-law and sisters. Mr. John Dashwood had not the strong feelings of the rest The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence 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
succession to the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, way, as to leave to himself no power of providing for those who were most dear to him, and who most 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
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