Benevolent, philanthropic man! It was painful to him even to keep a third cousin to himself.
Sense and Sensibility, volume 1, chapter 21
Of Sir John Middleton, and his desire to introduce the Miss Dashwoods to the Miss Steeles
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Sir John
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The sweetest girls in the world
Sir John . . . set off directly for the cottage to tell the Miss Dashwoods of the Miss Steeles’ arrival, and to assure them of their being the sweetest girls in the world. From such commendation as this, however, there was not much to be learned; Elinor well knew that the sweetest girls in the world were to be met with in every part of England, under every possible variation of form, face, temper and understanding.
Sense and Sensibility, volume 1, chapter 21
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