When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.

“He knew her illnesses; they never occurred but for her own convenience.”

“Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to …”

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late,…”

“The hair was curled, and the maid sent away, and Emma sat down to think and be …”