You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.

I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our eyes.

Told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late. Hope had already entered.

She attracted him more than he liked.

Those who have not more must be satisfied with what they have.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister.