“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,And waste it's fragrance on the desert air.”

“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air.”

“Full many a gem of purest ray serene,The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”

“Poor woman! She probably thought change of air might agree with many of her children.”

“Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.”

“It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable.”

“....how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard works, with all her family cares, is still more a matter of astonishment! Composition seems to me impossible with a head full of joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb.”