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"Though better endowed than the elder sister, Mary had not Anne's understanding nor temper. While well, and happy, and properly attended to, she had great good humour and excellent spirits; but any indisposition sunk her completely. She had no resources for solitude; inheriting a considerable share of the Elliot self-importance, was prone to add every other distress that of fancying herself neglected and ill-used."
— Jun 30, 2026 11:56AM
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"She had gone to her letters, and found it all as she supposed; and the re-perusal of these letters, after so long an interval, her poor son gone for ever, and all the strength of his faults forgotten, had affected her spirits exceedingly, and thrown her into greater grief for him than she had known on first hearing of his death."
— Jul 08, 2026 02:26PM
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"In each letter he had spoken well of his captain; but yet, so little were they in the habit of attending to such matters, so unobservant and incurious were they as to the names of men or ships, that it had made scarcely any impression at the time; and that Mrs Musgrove should have been suddenly struck with a recollection of the name, seemed one of those extraordinary bursts of mind which sometimes occur."
— Jul 08, 2026 02:23PM
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"He had, in fact, though his sisters were now doing all they could for him, by calling him 'poor Richard,' been nothing better than a thick-headed, unfeeling, unprofitable Dick Musgrove, who had never done anything to entitle himself more than the abbreviation of his name, living or dead."
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— Jul 08, 2026 02:10PM
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"The Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son; and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year; that he had been sent to sea because he was stupid and unmanageable on shore; seldom heard of, and scarcely at all regretted, when the intelligence of his death abroad had worked its way to Uppercross, two years before."
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— Jul 08, 2026 12:07PM
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"Mrs Croft had a squareness, uprightness, and vigour of form, which gave importance to her person. Her manners were open, easy, and decided, like one who had no distrust of herself, and no doubts of what to do; without any approach to coarseness, however, or any want of good humour."
— Jul 08, 2026 11:33AM
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"She knew that when she played she was giving pleasure only to herself; but this was no new sensation. Excepting one short period of her life, she had never, since the age of fourteen, never since the loss of her dead mother, known the happiness of being listened to, or encouraged by any just appreciation or real taste. In music she had been always used to feel alone in the world."
— Jul 08, 2026 11:24AM
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"In all other respects, her visit began and proceeded very well. Her own spirits improved by change of place and subject, by being removed three miles from Kellynch; Mary's ailments lessened by having a constant companion, and their daily intercourse with the other family was rather an advantage."
— Jul 08, 2026 10:40AM
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"How was Anne to set all these matters to rights? She could do little more than listen patiently, soften every grievance, and excuse each to the other; give them all hints of the forbearance necessary between such near neighbours, and make those hints broadest which were meant for her sister's benefit."
— Jul 08, 2026 10:37AM
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"One of them after talking of rank, people of rank, and jealousy of rank, said, 'I have no scruple of observing to you, how nonsensical some persons are about their place, because all the world knows how easy and indifferent you are about it."
— Jul 08, 2026 10:05AM
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"...'I wish you could persuade Mary not to be always fancying herself ill,' was Charles language; and, in an unhappy mood, thus spoke Mary: 'I do believe if Charles were to see me dying, he would not think there was anything the matter with me. I am sure, Anne, if you would, you might persuade him that I really am very ill -- a great deal worse than I ever own.'"
— Jul 08, 2026 09:44AM