There seems almost a general wish of descrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them.
Jane AustenA Mr. (save, perhaps, some half dozen in the nation,) always needs a note of explanation.
Jane AustenI have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.
Jane Austen