“ I mean while the woman you love lives, and lives for you. All the privilege I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable one; you need not covet it) , is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone. ”
Jane Austen, Persuasion (1816). copy citation
| Author | Jane Austen |
|---|---|
| Source | Persuasion |
| Topic | existence sex |
| Date | 1816 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/105/105-h/105-h.htm |
Context
“No, I believe you capable of everything great and good in your married lives. I believe you equal to every important exertion, and to every domestic forbearance, so long as--if I may be allowed the expression--so long as you have an object. I mean while the woman you love lives, and lives for you. All the privilege I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable one; you need not covet it) , is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone. She could not immediately have uttered another sentence; her heart was too full, her breath too much oppressed.
"You are a good soul," cried Captain Harville, putting his hand on her arm, quite affectionately.” source
"You are a good soul," cried Captain Harville, putting his hand on her arm, quite affectionately.” source
