Upon the whole, therefore, she found, what has been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did not in taking place, bring all the satisfaction she had promised herself. It was consequently necessary to name some other period for the commencement of actual felicity; to have some other point on which her wishes and hopes might be fixed, and by again enjoying the pleasure of anticipation, console herself for the present, and prepare for another disappointment.

I am all astonishment.

My good opinion once lost is lost forever.

Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.

I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested.

Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant.

I am not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable.