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It must be a work of time to ascertain that no injury had been done to the spine;
his master was a very rich gentleman, and would be a baronight some day."
The head had received a severe contusion, but he had seen greater injuries recovered from: he was by no means hopeless;
the sight of a capital gun he is just going to send off;
she looked quite as she should do.
a pretty girl.
Mr. Tilney’s being a clergyman, and of a very respectable family in Gloucestershire.
‘Ah! Thorpe,’
‘do you happen to want such a little thing as this? It is a capital one of the kind, but I am cursed tired of it.’
fifty guineas;
a gentleman and lady had called and inquired for her a few minutes after her setting off;
when he told them she was gone out with Mr. Thorpe, the lady had asked whether any message had been left for her; and on his saying no, had felt for a card, but said she had none about her, and went away.
believed Miss Tilney to be at home, but was not quite certain. Would she be pleased to send up her name?
he had been mistaken, for that Miss Tilney was walked out.
Barton cottage was taken:
it had been quite an agreeable surprise.
none had.
they are sure I have made a conquest;
'Lord! here comes your beau, Nancy,'
the lady of Thomas Palmer, Esq. was safely delivered of a son and heir;
For fear any unpleasant report should reach the young ladies under your care as to their sister's indisposition, I think it advisable to say, that I believe there is no great reason for alarm; I hope Mrs. Dashwood will do very well.'"
in such a condition,
she could hardly walk; and Nancy, she was almost as bad.
there is nothing materially to be apprehended; her constitution is a good one, and her resolution equal to any thing.
nobody in their senses could expect Mr. Ferrars to give up a woman like Miss Morton, with thirty thousand pounds to her fortune, for Lucy Steele that had nothing at all;
when it came to the point he was afraid Mr. Ferrars would be off;
his patient materially better. Her pulse was much stronger, and every symptom more favourable than on the preceding visit.
entirely out of danger.
Mr. Weston would never marry again. Oh dear, no! Mr. Weston, who had been a widower so long, and who seemed so perfectly comfortable without a wife, so constantly occupied either in his business in town or among his friends here, always acceptable wherever he went, always cheerful— Mr. Weston need not spend a single evening in the year alone if he did not like it. Oh no! Mr. Weston certainly would never marry again.
all the little Perrys being seen with a slice of Mrs. Weston's wedding-cake in their hands:
Harriet a beautiful girl,
"Might he be trusted with the commission, what infinite pleasure should he have in executing it! he could ride to London at any time. It was impossible to say how much he should be gratified by being employed on such an errand."
'Exactly so,'
a large family of young ladies that his sisters are intimate with, who have all twenty thousand pounds apiece."
he was going on business which he would not put off for any inducement in the world; and something about a very enviable commission, and being the bearer of something exceedingly precious. Mr. Perry could not quite understand him, but he was very sure there must be a lady in the case, and he told him so; and Mr. Elton only looked very conscious and smiling, and rode off in great spirits.
  • Novel: Emma
  • Character: Narrator as Harriet Smith as Miss Nash as Mr. Perry as Mr Elton
  • Link to text in chapter 8
  • Text ID: 00640
containing,
a charade, which a friend of his had addressed to a young lady, the object of his admiration,
whether Mr. Woodhouse's party could be made up in the evening without him, or whether he should be in the smallest degree necessary at Hartfield. If he were, every thing else must give way; but otherwise his friend Cole had been saying so much about his dining with him— had made such a point of it, that he had promised him conditionally to come.
he had seen them go by, and had purposely followed them;
he has never known them more general or heavy—except when it has been quite an influenza."
the vicinity of Brunswick Square decidedly the most favourable as to air."
he did not believe he had ever sent us off altogether, in such good case.
it is entirely a mistake to suppose the place unhealthy;
had been going to inquire, that he might carry some report of her to Hartfield—
he should call at Mrs. Goddard's for news of her fair friend, the last thing before he prepared for the happiness of meeting her again, when he hoped to be able to give a better report;
to refrain from visiting the sick-chamber again, for the present —
to promise him not to venture into such hazard till he had seen Mr. Perry and learnt his opinion;
availing himself of the precious opportunity,
sentiments which must be already well known,
ready to die if she refused him; but flattering himself that his ardent attachment and unequalled love and unexampled passion could not fail of having some effect,

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