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Pride and Prejudice

me fresh life and vigour. Adieu to disappointment and

spleen. What are young men to rocks and mountains?

Oh! what hours of transport we shall spend! And when

we do return, it shall not be like other travellers, with-

out being able to give one accurate idea of anything.

We will know where we have gonewe will recollect

what we have seen. Lakes, mountains, and rivers shall

not be jumbled together in our imaginations; nor when

we attempt to describe any particular scene, will we

begin quarreling about its relative situation. Let our

first effusions be less insupportable than those of the

generality of travellers.”

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