“ It is always good for young people to be put upon exerting themselves ”
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (1817). copy citation
Author | Jane Austen |
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Source | Northanger Abbey |
Topic | good |
Date | 1817 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/121/121-h/121-h.htm |
Context
“Catherine is safe at home, and our comfort does not depend upon General Tilney.” Catherine sighed. “Well,” continued her philosophic mother, “I am glad I did not know of your journey at the time; but now it is all over, perhaps there is no great harm done. It is always good for young people to be put upon exerting themselves; and you know, my dear Catherine, you always were a sad little scatter-brained creature; but now you must have been forced to have your wits about you, with so much changing of chaises and so forth;”
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