9.09.2007

Reasons to Embrace the Book:
More Sense and Sensibility

1. "[H]er visit was long enough to detract something from their first admiration [of her], by shewing that though perfectly well-bred, she was reserved, cold, and had nothing to say for herself beyond the most common-place inquiry or remark."

2. "The calm and polite unconcern of Lady Middleton on the occasion was an happy relief to Elinor's spirits, oppressed as they often were by the clamorous kindness of others."

3. "Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition."

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