General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
A report of a most alarming nature reached me two days ago.
To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect
I do not cough for my own amusement.
A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other.
Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.