Jane Austen Quotes About Age

Quotes about: Age

• The evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not married early) was much increased by his constitution and habits; for having been a valetudinarian all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much older man in ways than in years; and though everywhere beloved for the friendliness of his heart and his amiable temper, his talents could not have recommended him at any time.

  Jane Austen

  Love, Heart, Men

  Jane Austen (1882). “Emma”, p.3

• Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.

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  Age, Emotion, Blushing

  Jane Austen (2013). “Persuasion In Modern English”, p.180, BookCaps Study Guides

• To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well.

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  Perfect, Age, Perfect Happiness

  "Fictional character: The Voice of Jane Austen". "Northanger Abbey", www.imdb.com. March 25, 2007.

• Is there not something wanted, Miss Price, in our language - a something between compliments and - and love - to suit the sort of friendly acquaintance we have had together?

  Jane Austen

  Love, Missing, Age

  Jane Austen (2004). “Mansfield Park”, p.163, Sparklesoup LLC

• The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for.

  Jane Austen

  Rain, Thinking, Office

  Jane Austen (2012). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, Volume 2: Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion”, p.213, Modern Library

• The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister.

  Jane Austen

  Book, Men, Years

  Jane Austen (2014). “Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen”, BookRix

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