Date: 1796
"The mind of a young woman lady should be clear and unsullied, like a sheet of white paper, or her own fairer face"
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Date: 1816
"It darted through her, with the speed of an arrow, that Mr Knightley must marry no one but herself!"
preview | full record— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Date: 1816
"Her mind was divided between two ideas--her own former conversations with him about Miss Fairfax; and poor Harriet."
preview | full record— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Date: 1816
"While he spoke, Emma's mind was most busy, and, with all the wonderful velocity of thought, had been able--and yet without losing a word--to catch and comprehend the exact truth of the whole."
preview | full record— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)