“ It is a great deal more natural than one could wish, that a young man, brought up by those who are proud, luxurious, and selfish, should be proud, luxurious, and selfish too. ”
Jane Austen, Emma (1815). copy citation
| Author | Jane Austen |
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| Source | Emma |
| Topic | wish |
| Date | 1815 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/158/158-h/158-h.htm |
Context
““I am not supposing him at all an unnatural creature, in suspecting that he may have learnt to be above his connexions, and to care very little for any thing but his own pleasure, from living with those who have always set him the example of it. It is a great deal more natural than one could wish, that a young man, brought up by those who are proud, luxurious, and selfish, should be proud, luxurious, and selfish too. If Frank Churchill had wanted to see his father, he would have contrived it between September and January. A man at his age—what is he?—three or four-and-twenty—cannot be without the means of doing as much as that.”
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