Sense and Sensibility Classic Edition

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The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate

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Mrs. John Dashwood now installed herself mistress of Norland; and her

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Mrs. Dashwood remained at Norland several months; not from any

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“What a pity it is, Elinor,” said Marianne, “that Edward should have no

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No sooner was her answer dispatched, than Mrs. Dashwood indulged

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The first part of their journey was performed in too melancholy a

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Barton Park was about half a mile from the cottage. The ladies had

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Mrs. Jennings was a widow with an ample jointure. She had only two

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The Dashwoods were now settled at Barton with tolerable comfort to

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Marianne’s preserver, as Margaret, with more elegance than precision,

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Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came

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As Elinor and Marianne were walking together the next morning the

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Their intended excursion to Whitwell turned out very different from

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The sudden termination of Colonel Brandon’s visit at the park, with his

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Mrs. Dashwood’s visit to Lady Middleton took place the next day, and

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Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able

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Mrs. Dashwood was surprised only for a moment at seeing him; for his

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Elinor saw, with great uneasiness the low spirits of her friend. His

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Edward remained a week at the cottage; he was earnestly pressed by Mrs.

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As the Miss Dashwoods entered the drawing-room of the park the next

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The Palmers returned to Cleveland the next day, and the two families at

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Marianne, who had never much toleration for any thing like

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However small Elinor’s general dependence on Lucy’s veracity might be,

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In a firm, though cautious tone, Elinor thus began.

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Though Mrs. Jennings was in the habit of spending a large portion of

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Elinor could not find herself in the carriage with Mrs. Jennings, and

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“If this open weather holds much longer,” said Mrs. Jennings, when they

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Nothing occurred during the next three or four days, to make Elinor

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Before the housemaid had lit their fire the next day, or the sun gained

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Mrs. Jennings came immediately to their room on her return, and without

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From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the

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When the particulars of this conversation were repeated by Miss

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After some opposition, Marianne yielded to her sister’s entreaties, and

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Mrs. John Dashwood had so much confidence in her husband’s judgment,

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Elinor’s curiosity to see Mrs. Ferrars was satisfied. She had found in

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Within a few days after this meeting, the newspapers announced to the

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Mrs. Palmer was so well at the end of a fortnight, that her mother felt

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Mrs. Jennings was very warm in her praise of Edward’s conduct, but only

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The Miss Dashwoods had now been rather more than two months in town,

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“Well, Miss Dashwood,” said Mrs. Jennings, sagaciously smiling, as soon

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Edward, having carried his thanks to Colonel Brandon, proceeded with

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One other short call in Harley Street, in which Elinor received her

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Marianne got up the next morning at her usual time; to every inquiry

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Elinor, starting back with a look of horror at the sight of him, obeyed

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Elinor, for some time after he left her, for some time even after the

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Marianne’s illness, though weakening in its kind, had not been long

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Mrs. Dashwood did not hear unmoved the vindication of her former

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Elinor now found the difference between the expectation of an

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Unaccountable, however, as the circumstances of his release might

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After a proper resistance on the part of Mrs. Ferrars, just so violent

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