Sense and Sensibility

"He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold hearted, and rather selfish, is to be ill-disposed."

"A thousand a-year is a great deal for a mother to give away."

"To take three thousand pounds from the fortune of their dear little boy would be impoverishing him to the most dreadful degree."

"He really thought himself equal to it. The prospect of four thousand a year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own mother's fortune, was so very comfortable a one."

"The whole of his real and personal estate was tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no means unusual in children of two or three years old."

"He really thought himself equal to it. The prospect of four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own mother's fortune, was so very tempting that he felt he could afford to be generous."

"I think him everything that is worthy and amiable."

"I have no knowledge in the picturesque, and I shall offend you by my ignorance and want of taste if we come to particulars."

"Elinor had not needed this to be assured of the injustice to which her sister was often led by her eagerness of mind and her too great importance placed by her on the delicacies of a strong sensibility."

"The whole country about them abounded in beautiful walks. The high downs which invited them from almost every window of the cottage to seek the exquisite enjoyment of air on their summits, were a happy alternative when the dirt of the valleys beneath shut up their superior beauties."

"As a house, Barton Cottage, though small, was comfortable and compact; but as a cottage it was defective, for the building was regular, the roof was tiled, the window shutters were not painted green, nor were the walls covered with honeysuckles."

"Sir John was a sporting man, a man of the world, and lived in the style of a country gentleman."