nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His
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attachment to them all increased. The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor attachment to them all increased. The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his independent of what might arise to them from their father's inheriting that property, could be but
way, as to leave to himself no power of providing for those who were most dear to him, and who most sanguine; and he might reasonably hope to live many years, and by living economically, lay by a him Mr. Dashwood recommended, with all the strength and urgency which illness could command, the such an assurance, and Mr. John Dashwood had then leisure to consider how much there might prudently
amiable woman, he might have been made still more respectable than he was:--he might even have been promise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own with only common feelings, must have been highly unpleasing;--but in HER mind there was a sense of honor so keen, a generosity so romantic, that any offence of the kind, by whomsoever given or
of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. But her death, which happened ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he
of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. But her death, which happened nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His his existence. By a former marriage, Mr. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three marriage, likewise, which happened soon afterwards, he added to his wealth. To him therefore the independent of what might arise to them from their father's inheriting that property, could be but small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; or his son;--but to his son, and his son's son, a child of four years old, it was secured, in such a
Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no means improvement. But the fortune, which had been so tardy in coming, was his only one twelvemonth. He survived his uncle no longer; and ten thousand pounds, including the late legacies, was all that
him Mr. Dashwood recommended, with all the strength and urgency which illness could command, the conducted himself with propriety in the discharge of his ordinary duties. Had he married a morepromise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own repent. No sooner was his father's funeral over, than Mrs. John Dashwood, without sending any notice of her intention to her mother-in-law, arrived with her child and their attendants. No one could ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he
wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only needed a provision by any charge on the estate, or by any sale of its valuable woods. The whole was sanguine; and he might reasonably hope to live many years, and by living economically, lay by a
considerable sum from the produce of an estate already large, and capable of almost immediate promised to do every thing in his power to make them comfortable. His father was rendered easy by 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 own mother's fortune, warmed his heart, and made him feel capable of generosity.-- "Yes, he would give
of her intention to her mother-in-law, arrived with her child and their attendants. No one could with any of her husband's family; but she had had no opportunity, till the present, of shewing them ever, had not the entreaty of her eldest girl induced her first to reflect on the propriety of to the advantage of them all, that eagerness of mind in Mrs. Dashwood which must generally have led
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