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1、PersuasionbyJaneAusten(1818)Chapter1SirWalterElliot,ofKellynchHall,inSomersetshire,wasamanwho,forhisownamusement,nevertookupanybookbuttheBaronetage;therehefoundoccupationforanidlehour,andconsolationinadistressedone;therehisfacultieswererousedintoadmirationandrespect,bycontemplat
2、ingthelimitedremnantoftheearliestpatents;thereanyunwelcomesensations,arisingfromdomesticaffairschangednaturallyintopityandcontemptasheturnedoverthealmostendlesscreationsofthelastcentury;andthere,ifeveryotherleafwerepowerless,hecouldreadhisownhistorywithaninterestwhichneverfailed
3、.Thiswasthepageatwhichthefavouritevolumealwaysopened:"ELLIOTOFKELLYNCHHALL."WalterElliot,bornMarch1,1760,married,July15,1784,Elizabeth,daughterofJamesStevenson,Esq.ofSouthPark,inthecountyofGloucester,bywhichlady(whodied1800)hehasissueElizabeth,bornJune1,1785;Anne,bornAugust9,178
4、7;astill-bornson,November5,1789;Mary,bornNovember20,1791."Preciselysuchhadtheparagraphoriginallystoodfromtheprinter'shands;butSirWalterhadimproveditbyadding,fortheinformationofhimselfandhisfamily,thesewords,afterthedateofMary'sbirth--"Married,December16,1810,Charles,sonandheirof
5、CharlesMusgrove,Esq.ofUppercross,inthecountyofSomerset,"andbyinsertingmostaccuratelythedayofthemonthonwhichhehadlosthiswife.Thenfollowedthehistoryandriseoftheancientandrespectablefamily,intheusualterms;howithadbeenfirstsettledinCheshire;howmentionedinDugdale,servingtheofficeofhi
6、ghsheriff,representingaboroughinthreesuccessiveparliaments,exertionsofloyalty,anddignityofbaronet,inthefirstyearofCharlesII,withalltheMarysandElizabethstheyhadmarried;formingaltogethertwohandsomeduodecimopages,andconcludingwiththearmsandmotto:--"Principalseat,KellynchHall,inthec
7、ountyofSomerset,"andSirWalter'shandwritingagaininthisfinale:--"Heirpresumptive,WilliamWalterElliot,Esq.,greatgrandsonofthesecondSirWalter."VanitywasthebeginningandtheendofSirWalterElliot'scharacter;vanityofpersonandofsituation.Hehadbeenremarkablyhandsomeinhisyouth;and,atfifty-fo
8、ur,wasstillaveryfineman.Fewwomencouldthinkmoreo
