In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did.

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.

And from the whole she deduced this useful lesson, that to go previously engaged to a ball, does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady.

…she felt depressed beyond any thing she had ever known before.

Yet there it was not love. It was a little fever of admiration; but it might, probably must, end in love with some

She will never submit to any thing requiring industry and patience, and a subjection of the fancy to the understanding.