1 An odious, little, pert, unnatural, impudent girl.
2 She was then merely a quiet, modest, not plain-looking girl, but she is now absolutely pretty.
3 Till now, I could not have supposed it possible to be mistaken as to a girl's being out or not.
4 The truth is, that she was the only girl in company for you to notice, and you must have a somebody.
5 We shew Fanny what a good girl we think her by praising her to her face, she is now a very valuable companion.
6 A girl not out has always the same sort of dress: a close bonnet, for instance; looks very demure, and never says a word.
7 There is not a better girl in the world, and you do not want for fortune; and as to her connexions, they are more than good.
8 Suppose her a pretty girl, and seen by Tom or Edmund for the first time seven years hence, and I dare say there would be mischief.
9 Mrs. Norris was sorry to say that the little girl's staying with them, at least as things then were, was quite out of the question.
10 Give a girl an education, and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without farther expense to anybody.
11 The Admiral delighted in the boy, Mrs. Crawford doted on the girl; and it was the lady's death which now obliged her protegee, after some months' further trial at her uncle's house, to find another home.
12 You are sorry to leave Mama, my dear little Fanny," said he, "which shows you to be a very good girl; but you must remember that you are with relations and friends, who all love you, and wish to make you happy.
13 Had she been tall, full formed, and fair, it might have been more of a trial: but as it was, there could be no comparison; and she was most allowably a sweet, pretty girl, while they were the finest young women in the country.
14 The little girl performed her long journey in safety; and at Northampton was met by Mrs. Norris, who thus regaled in the credit of being foremost to welcome her, and in the importance of leading her in to the others, and recommending her to their kindness.
15 Their eager affection in meeting, their exquisite delight in being together, their hours of happy mirth, and moments of serious conference, may be imagined; as well as the sanguine views and spirits of the boy even to the last, and the misery of the girl when he left her.
16 Mrs. Price seemed rather surprised that a girl should be fixed on, when she had so many fine boys, but accepted the offer most thankfully, assuring them of her daughter's being a very well-disposed, good-humoured girl, and trusting they would never have cause to throw her off.
17 Whatever I can do, as you well know, I am always ready enough to do for the good of those I love; and, though I could never feel for this little girl the hundredth part of the regard I bear your own dear children, nor consider her, in any respect, so much my own, I should hate myself if I were capable of neglecting her.
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