Melody

“It requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

“I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should not I call it so?"

"Very true," said Henry, "and this is a very nice day, and we are taking a very nice walk, and you are two very nice young ladies. Oh! It is a very nice word indeed! It does for everything. Originally perhaps it was applied only to express neatness, propriety, delicacy, or refinement—people were nice in their dress, in their sentiments, or their choice. But now every commendation on every subject is comprised in that one word.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey