“ Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death; and that was given. ”
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1811). copy citation
| Author | Jane Austen |
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| Source | Sense and Sensibility |
| Topic | life time hopelessness |
| Date | 1811 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21839/21839-h/21839-h.htm |
Context
“What I endured in so beholding her—but I have no right to wound your feelings by attempting to describe it—I have pained you too much already. That she was, to all appearance, in the last stage of a consumption, was—yes, in such a situation it was my greatest comfort. Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death; and that was given. I saw her placed in comfortable lodgings, and under proper attendants; I visited her every day during the rest of her short life: I was with her in her last moments."
Again he stopped to recover himself; and Elinor spoke her feelings in an exclamation of tender concern, at the fate of his unfortunate friend.” source
Again he stopped to recover himself; and Elinor spoke her feelings in an exclamation of tender concern, at the fate of his unfortunate friend.” source
Meaning and analysis
