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...Excerpt: Chapter 1; THE family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner, as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The la...

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.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 ii Sense and Sensibility Chapter 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...HE family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their propert... ... late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of his life, had a constant companion and housek... ...erhaps it would have been as well if he had left it wholly to myself. He could hardly suppose I should neglect them. But as he required the promise, I... ...at least, can think I have not done enough for them: even themselves, they can hardly expect more.” “There is no knowing what they may expect,” said t... ...n there is any annuity to be paid them; and she is very stout and healthy, and hardly forty. An annuity is a very serious business; it comes over and ... ...to check the delight of your conversation with our new friend.” — Marianne was softened in a moment. Willoughby, on his side, gave every proof of his ... ...ment to Norland, which she brought with her from Sussex, was more likely to be softened than she had thought it possible before, by the charms which h... ...nd distant objects out of sight, which ought only to be indistinct through the soft medium of a hazy atmosphere. You must be satisfied with such admira...

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