Post by sharon on Mar 10, 2020 0:17:47 GMT -5
Hi folks,
I'm hoping you could enlighten me as to meaning of certain words or phrases (in bold) in S&S. Sorry, I'm reading an ebook so I only have the % locations if it's not in the start of a chapter:
S&S queries
0) 9%
re: Lady Middleton
though perfectly well bred, she was reserved, cold, and had nothing to say for herself beyond the most common-place enquiry or remark.
What does well bred mean in this instance? Can a well bred person have nothing to say for herself?
1) 9.5%
in winter his private balls were numerous enough for any young lady who was not suffering under the insatiable appetite of fifteen.
Is this implying that 15 y.o.s are crazy for balls? They're not even out at that age, are they? How can they be attending balls already?
2) 10%
Ch 21 first par
The Palmers returned to Cleveland the next day, and the two families at Barton were again left to entertain each other. But this did not last long; Elinor had hardly got their last visitors out of her head, had hardly done wondering at Charlotte's being so happy without a cause, at Mr. Palmer's acting so simply, with good abilities, and at the strange unsuitableness which often existed between husband and wife, before Sir John's and Mrs. Jennings's active zeal in the cause of society, procured her some other new acquaintance to see and observe.
What does this phrase mean?
3) Vol2 Chap2
In a firm, though cautious tone, Elinor thus began.
"I should be undeserving of the confidence you have honoured me with, if I felt no desire for its continuance, or no farther curiosity on its subject. I will not apologize therefore for bringing it forward again."
Do I understand rightly that because Elinor is curious/wants to know more about the subject she's the right person to be told about it?
4) 38.6%
Lucy went on. "I am rather of a jealous temper too by nature, and from our different situations in life, from his being so much more in the world than me, and our continual separation, I was enough inclined for suspicion, to have found out the truth in an instant, if there had been the slightest alteration in his behaviour to me when we met, or any lowness of spirits that I could not account for, or if he had talked more of one lady than another, or seemed in any respect less happy at Longstaple than he used to be. I do not mean to say that I am particularly observant or quick-sighted in general, but in such a case I am sure I could not be deceived."
"All this," thought Elinor, "is very pretty; but it can impose upon neither of us."
What does this mean?
5) 52.5%
Like half the rest of the world, if more than half there be that are clever and good, Marianne, with excellent abilities, and an excellent disposition, was neither reasonable nor candid. She expected from other people the same opinions and feelings as her own, and she judged of their motives by the immediate effect of their actions on herself.
What does candid here mean? I don't see how it's related to expecting people to have "the same opinions and feelings as her own" or judging motives "by the immediate effect of their actions on herself."
Thanks!!
I'm hoping you could enlighten me as to meaning of certain words or phrases (in bold) in S&S. Sorry, I'm reading an ebook so I only have the % locations if it's not in the start of a chapter:
S&S queries
0) 9%
re: Lady Middleton
though perfectly well bred, she was reserved, cold, and had nothing to say for herself beyond the most common-place enquiry or remark.
What does well bred mean in this instance? Can a well bred person have nothing to say for herself?
1) 9.5%
in winter his private balls were numerous enough for any young lady who was not suffering under the insatiable appetite of fifteen.
Is this implying that 15 y.o.s are crazy for balls? They're not even out at that age, are they? How can they be attending balls already?
2) 10%
Ch 21 first par
The Palmers returned to Cleveland the next day, and the two families at Barton were again left to entertain each other. But this did not last long; Elinor had hardly got their last visitors out of her head, had hardly done wondering at Charlotte's being so happy without a cause, at Mr. Palmer's acting so simply, with good abilities, and at the strange unsuitableness which often existed between husband and wife, before Sir John's and Mrs. Jennings's active zeal in the cause of society, procured her some other new acquaintance to see and observe.
What does this phrase mean?
3) Vol2 Chap2
In a firm, though cautious tone, Elinor thus began.
"I should be undeserving of the confidence you have honoured me with, if I felt no desire for its continuance, or no farther curiosity on its subject. I will not apologize therefore for bringing it forward again."
Do I understand rightly that because Elinor is curious/wants to know more about the subject she's the right person to be told about it?
4) 38.6%
Lucy went on. "I am rather of a jealous temper too by nature, and from our different situations in life, from his being so much more in the world than me, and our continual separation, I was enough inclined for suspicion, to have found out the truth in an instant, if there had been the slightest alteration in his behaviour to me when we met, or any lowness of spirits that I could not account for, or if he had talked more of one lady than another, or seemed in any respect less happy at Longstaple than he used to be. I do not mean to say that I am particularly observant or quick-sighted in general, but in such a case I am sure I could not be deceived."
"All this," thought Elinor, "is very pretty; but it can impose upon neither of us."
What does this mean?
5) 52.5%
Like half the rest of the world, if more than half there be that are clever and good, Marianne, with excellent abilities, and an excellent disposition, was neither reasonable nor candid. She expected from other people the same opinions and feelings as her own, and she judged of their motives by the immediate effect of their actions on herself.
What does candid here mean? I don't see how it's related to expecting people to have "the same opinions and feelings as her own" or judging motives "by the immediate effect of their actions on herself."
Thanks!!