Excerpt from The Old Engagement: A Spinster's Story The sneaking heroism of young Edwards, and the stubborn ignorance of the pretty Miss Willis, all satires on modern manners and edu cation, are by the way admirably introduced, giving variety and scope to the picture. And while the wily widow allures, the Colonel hesi tates, the parson yields, Miss Vaughan distrusts, and Mrs. Grove frets, we laugh at the piquant thrusts of the jolly Doctor Grove, and acknow ledge the strong good sense of Miss Brooke, who so vividly tells ...
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Excerpt from The Old Engagement: A Spinster's Story The sneaking heroism of young Edwards, and the stubborn ignorance of the pretty Miss Willis, all satires on modern manners and edu cation, are by the way admirably introduced, giving variety and scope to the picture. And while the wily widow allures, the Colonel hesi tates, the parson yields, Miss Vaughan distrusts, and Mrs. Grove frets, we laugh at the piquant thrusts of the jolly Doctor Grove, and acknow ledge the strong good sense of Miss Brooke, who so vividly tells the story. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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