“ A woman in love with one man cannot flirt with another. ”
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (1817). copy citation
| Author | Jane Austen |
|---|---|
| Source | Northanger Abbey |
| Topic | love flirting |
| Date | 1817 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/121/121-h/121-h.htm |
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“She has been in love with him ever since they first met, and while my father's consent was uncertain, she fretted herself almost into a fever. You know she must be attached to him. ” “ I understand: she is in love with James, and flirts with Frederick. ” “ Oh! no, not flirts. A woman in love with one man cannot flirt with another. “ It is probable that she will neither love so well, nor flirt so well, as she might do either singly. The gentlemen must each give up a little. ” “ Then you do not believe Isabella so very much attached to my brother? ””
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