“ No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment. ”
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (1817). copy citation
| Author | Jane Austen |
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| Source | Northanger Abbey |
| Topic | love offense woman admiration |
| Date | 1817 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/121/121-h/121-h.htm |
Context
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«Is it my brother's attentions to Miss Thorpe, or Miss Thorpe's admission of them, that gives the pain?»
«Is not it the same thing?»
«I think Mr. Morland would acknowledge a difference. No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.»
Catherine blushed for her friend, and said, «Isabella is wrong. But I am sure she cannot mean to torment, for she is very much attached to my brother. 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.” source
«Is it my brother's attentions to Miss Thorpe, or Miss Thorpe's admission of them, that gives the pain?»
«Is not it the same thing?»
«I think Mr. Morland would acknowledge a difference. No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.»
Catherine blushed for her friend, and said, «Isabella is wrong. But I am sure she cannot mean to torment, for she is very much attached to my brother. 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.” source
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