At the Ball (1815) [ Practices ]
… be better than a common meeting in a crowd. Mr. Weston had been so very earnest in his entreaties for her early attendance, for her arriving there as soon as possible after themselves, for the purpose of taking her opinion as to the … not wish to be inferior to others : and I see very few pearls in the room except mine.—So, Frank Churchill is a capital dancer, I understand. We shall see if our styles suit. —A fine young man certainly is Frank Churchill. I like him very … man, which his father looked his most perfect approbation of—and it then appeared that Mrs. Weston was wanting him to dance with Mrs. Elton himself, and that their business was to help to persuade him into it, which was done pretty soon. …
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