“ There is a beauty in every family; it is a regular thing. ”
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park (1814). copy citation
Author | Jane Austen |
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Source | Mansfield Park |
Topic | beauty family |
Date | 1814 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/141/141-h/141-h.htm |
Context
“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. Two play on the pianoforte, and one on the harp; and all sing, or would sing if they were taught, or sing all the better for not being taught; or something like it.”
“I know nothing of the Miss Owens,””
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