“ Where the heart is really attached, I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else. Everything is so insipid, so uninteresting, that does not relate to the beloved object! ”
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (1817). copy citation
| Author | Jane Austen |
|---|---|
| Source | Northanger Abbey |
| Topic | love interest attention |
| Date | 1817 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/121/121-h/121-h.htm |
Context
“«It is very true, upon my honour, but I see how it is; you are indifferent to everybody's admiration, except that of one gentleman, who shall be nameless. Nay, I cannot blame you»—speaking more seriously—«your feelings are easily understood. Where the heart is really attached, I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else. Everything is so insipid, so uninteresting, that does not relate to the beloved object! I can perfectly comprehend your feelings.»
«But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. Tilney, for perhaps I may never see him again.»
«Not see him again! My dearest creature, do not talk of it.” source
«But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. Tilney, for perhaps I may never see him again.»
«Not see him again! My dearest creature, do not talk of it.” source
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