"I do not think I ever was in a more disgraceful state. I am quite ashamed of myself."

"I am not at all in a humour for writing, I am growing idle and want some help. I have not written a word for a fortnight, and I really think I shall give it up altogether."

"Oh! do not attack me with your fine words. I will not be talked out of my senses."

"I have just been reading a very clever book, which I think is very witty."

"She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its …"