received, was to her a source of immoveable disgust. Mrs. John Dashwood had never been a favourite
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ever, had not the entreaty of her eldest girl induced her first to reflect on the propriety of to imprudence. She had an excellent heart;--her disposition was affectionate, and her feelings were everything but prudent. The resemblance between her and her mother was strikingly great. Elinor saw, cherished. They encouraged each other now in the violence of their affliction. The agony of grief with her brother, could receive her sister-in-law on her arrival, and treat her with proper
attention; and could strive to rouse her mother to similar exertion, and encourage her to similar forbearance. Margaret, the other sister, was a good-humored, well-disposed girl; but as she had so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. But her death, which happened
wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age. By his own succession to the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, a life-interest in it. The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will, tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at
Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no means sanguine; and he might reasonably hope to live many years, and by living economically, lay by a
promised to do every thing in his power to make them comfortable. His father was rendered easy by amiable woman, he might have been made still more respectable than he was:--he might even have been made amiable himself; for he was very young when he married, and very fond of his wife. But Mrs. was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in attachment to them all increased. The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his daughters. The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the
all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters. He meant not sanguine; and he might reasonably hope to live many years, and by living economically, lay by a survived his uncle no longer; and ten thousand pounds, including the late legacies, was all that
such an assurance, and Mr. John Dashwood had then leisure to consider how much there might prudently four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his ownmother's fortune, warmed his heart, and made him feel capable of generosity.-- "Yes, he would give the indelicacy of her conduct was so much the greater, and to a woman in Mrs. Dashwood's situation, daughter-in-law for it, that, on the arrival of the latter, she would have quitted the house for ever, had not the entreaty of her eldest girl induced her first to reflect on the propriety of invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor
of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it. In the society of his nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His attachment to them all increased. The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor
wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age. By his own his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the
having his own way, many cunning tricks, and a great deal of noise, as to outweigh all the value of survived his uncle no longer; and ten thousand pounds, including the late legacies, was all that hearted and rather selfish is to be ill-disposed: but he was, in general, well respected; for he present of a thousand pounds a-piece. He then really thought himself equal to it. The prospect of
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