Quotation from: Emma

Written by: Jane Austen


My first doth affliction denote,
Which my second is destin'd to feel
And my whole is the best antidote
That affliction to soften and heal.--


made her quite sorry to acknowledge that they had transcribed it
some pages ago already.


"Why will not you write one yourself for us, Mr. Elton?" said she;
"that is the only security for its freshness; and nothing could be
easier to you."

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