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with very little interruption till she heard of Mr . H.Howardas a partner. — "Dance with Mr . H.Howard — Good Heavens!You don’t say soWhy —! —He is quite one of the great & Grand ones; is not he? — Did not you find him veryhigh? —" "His manners are of a kind to give memuch more Ease & confidence than Tom Musgraves." " Well – go on. I should have been frightened outof my wits, to have had anything to do withthe Osborne's set.". — Emma concluded her narration. – "And so, you really did not dance with Tom M.at all? — But you must have liked him, youmust have been struck with him altogether." —" I do not like him, Eliz:Elizabeth —. I allow his person& air to be good — & that his manners to a certainpoint – his addreſs rather – is pleasing. — But Isee nothing else to admire in him. – On the contrary, he seems He is veryvain, very conceited, absurdly anxious for Distinc::tion, &absolutely contemptible in some of the measures hetakes for becoming so. — There is a ridiculous::neſs about him that entertains me — but heis1companygives me no Emotion other2 agreable Emotion." other pleasure. — "My dearest Emma! — You are like nobody elsein the world. –It is well Margaret wi is not by. — Do not let Margaret hear suchYou that's all — do not offend me tho'though I hardly know words; she would never forgive youhow to beleive you. But Margt .Margaret wd .would never forgivesuch words." you. "

Footnotes

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'he' altered to 'his'. Back to context...
2.
'other' written over 'than'? Back to context...
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