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1、PersuasionbyJaneAustenChapter1SirWalterElliot,ofKellynchHall,inSomersetshire,wasamanwho,forhisownamusement,nevertookupanybookbuttheBaronetage;therehefoundoccupationforanidlehour,andconsolationinadistressedone;therehisfacultieswererousedintoadmirationandrespect,bycontempla
2、tingthelimitedremnantoftheearliestpatents;thereanyunwelcomesensations,arisingfromdomesticaffairschangednaturallyintopityandcontemptasheturnedoverthealmostendlesscreationsofthelastcentury;andthere,ifeveryotherleafwerepowerless,hecouldreadhisownhistorywithaninterestwhichnev
3、erfailed.Thiswasthepageatwhichthefavoritevolumealwaysopened:"ELLIOTOFKELLYNCHHALL."WalterElliot,bornMarch1,1760,married,July15,1784,Elizabeth,daughterofJamesStevenson,Esq.ofSouthPark,inthecountyofGloucester,bywhichlady(whodied1800)hehasissueElizabeth,bornJune1,1785;Anne,b
4、ornAugust9,1787;astill-bornson,November5,1789;Mary,bornNovember20,1791."Preciselysuchhadtheparagraphoriginallystoodfromtheprinter'shands;butSirWalterhadimproveditbyadding,fortheinformationofhimselfandhisfamily,thesewords,afterthedateofMary'sbirth--"Married,December16,1810
5、,Charles,sonandheirofCharlesMusgrove,Esq.ofUppercross,inthecountyofSomerset,"andbyinsertingmostaccuratelythedayofthemonthonwhichhehadlosthiswife.Thenfollowedthehistoryandriseoftheancientandrespectablefamily,intheusualterms;howithadbeenfirstsettledinCheshire;howmentionedin
6、Dugdale,servingtheofficeofhighsheriff,representingaboroughinthreesuccessiveparliaments,exertionsofloyalty,anddignityofbaronet,inthefirstyearofCharlesII,withalltheMarysandElizabethstheyhadmarried;formingaltogethertwohandsomeduodecimopages,andconcludingwiththearmsandmotto:-
7、-"Principalseat,KellynchHall,inthecountyofSomerset,"andSirWalter'shandwritingagaininthisfinale:--"Heirpresumptive,WilliamWalterElliot,Esq.,greatgrandsonofthesecondSirWalter."VanitywasthebeginningandtheendofSirWalterElliot'scharacter;vanityofpersonandofsituation.Hehadbeenr
8、emarkablyhandsomeinhisyouth;and,atfifty-four,wasstillaveryfineman.Fewwomencouldthinkmoreoftheirp
