The Bodily Frame: Learning Romance in Persuasion
J Van Sickle Johnson - Nineteenth-Century Fiction, 1983 - JSTOR
J Van Sickle Johnson
Nineteenth-Century Fiction, 1983•JSTORHow eloquent could Anne Elliot have been,-how eloquent, at least, were her wishes on the
side of early warm attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity, against that over-
anxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence!-She had been
forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older-the natural
sequel of an unnatural beginning.
side of early warm attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity, against that over-
anxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence!-She had been
forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older-the natural
sequel of an unnatural beginning.
How eloquent could Anne Elliot have been,-how eloquent, at least, were her wishes on the side of early warm attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity, against that over-anxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence!-She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older-the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.
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