That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.

The mere habit of learning to love is the thing; and a teachableness of disposition in a young lady is a great blessing

She looked back as well as she could; but it was all confusion. She had taken up the idea, she supposed and made everything bend to it.

But it is very foolish to ask questions about any young ladies — about any three sisters just grown up; for one knows, without being told, exactly what they are — all very accomplished and pleasing, and one very pretty. There is a beauty in every family. — It is a regular thing

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!