It was a very proper wedding. The bride was elegantly dressed---the two bridemaids were duly inferior---her father gave her away---her mother stood with salts in her hand expecting to be agitated---her aunt tried to cry--- and the service was impressively read by Dr. Grant.
("Mansfield Park")
More Quotes from Jane Austen:
It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.Jane Austen
But it is very foolish to ask questions about any young ladies - about any three sisters just grown up; for one knows, without being told, exactly what they are - all very accomplished and pleasing, and one very pretty. There is a beauty in every family. - It is a regular thing
Jane Austen
You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope
Jane Austen
It is indolence... Indolence and love of ease a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good company, or of inclination to take the trouble of being agreeable, which make men clergymen. A clergyman has nothing to do but be slovenly and selfish read the newspaper, watch the weather, and quarrel with his wife. His curate does all the work and the business of his own life is to dine.
Jane Austen
Those who do not complain are never pitied.
Jane Austen
Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last
Jane Austen
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Marriage Quotes, Service QuotesBased on Keywords: agitated---her, away---her, bridemaids, cry---, dressed---the, elegantly, inferior---her, salts
What counts is what you do with your money, not where it came from.
Merton Miller
We didn't talk about the decision at all, which was great, just to get together as friends. The only thing he said to me was 'It's your decision. Just do what you have to do and I will back you 100 per cent.
Craig Stevens
In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
Warren Farrell