his existence. By a former marriage, Mr. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three
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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 unusual in children of two or three years old; an imperfect articulation, an earnest desire of survived his uncle no longer; and ten thousand pounds, including the late legacies, was all that him Mr. Dashwood recommended, with all the strength and urgency which illness could command, the
be in his power to do for them. He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold present of a thousand pounds a-piece. He then really thought himself equal to it. The prospect of 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
ever, had not the entreaty of her eldest girl induced her first to reflect on the propriety of going, and her own tender love for all her three children determined her afterwards to stay, and for their sakes avoid a breach with their brother. Elinor, this eldest daughter, whose advice was so The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence 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 mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age. By his own
his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters. He meant not improvement. But the fortune, which had been so tardy in coming, was his only one twelvemonth. He remained for his widow and daughters. His son was sent for as soon as his danger was known, and to 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
promise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the inconvenience."-- He thought of it all day long, and for many days successively, and he did not with how little attention to the comfort of other people she could act when occasion required it. So
acutely did Mrs. Dashwood feel this ungracious behaviour, and so earnestly did she despise her effectual, possessed a strength of understanding, and coolness of judgment, which qualified her,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 cherished. They encouraged each other now in the violence of their affliction. The agony of grief which overpowered them at first, was voluntarily renewed, was sought for, was created again and 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 nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His independent of what might arise to them from their father's inheriting that property, could be but bequest. Mr. Dashwood had wished for it more for the sake of his wife and daughters than for himself
or his son;--but to his son, and his son's son, a child of four years old, it was secured, in such a 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 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,
his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at 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
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