"We live at home, quiet, confined, and..." - Quote by Jane Austen
We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.
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“I think him every thing that is worthy and amiable.”
“If a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out." -Elizabeth”
“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.”