Date: 1796
"The fact was, that the different sentiments with which education and nature had inspired him, were combating in his bosom: it remained for his passions, which as yet no opportunity had called into play, to decide the victory."
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Date: 1814
"The mind which does not struggle against itself under one circumstance, would find objects to distract it in the other, I believe; and the influence of the place and of example may often rouse better feelings than are begun with."
preview | full record— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Date: 1816
"It darted through her, with the speed of an arrow, that Mr Knightley must marry no one but herself!"
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