“ nothing in the way of pleasure can ever be given up by the young men of this age. ”
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1811). copy citation
| Author | Jane Austen |
|---|---|
| Source | Sense and Sensibility |
| Topic | age pleasure |
| Date | 1811 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21839/21839-h/21839-h.htm |
Context
“Why don't he, in such a case, sell his horses, let his house, turn off his servants, and make a thorough reform at once? I warrant you, Miss Marianne would have been ready to wait till matters came round. But that won't do now-a-days; nothing in the way of pleasure can ever be given up by the young men of this age."
"Do you know what kind of a girl Miss Grey is? Is she said to be amiable?"
"I never heard any harm of her; indeed I hardly ever heard her mentioned; except that Mrs. Taylor did say this morning, that one day Miss Walker hinted to her, that she believed Mr.”
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