General Knowledge Questions
Oua weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mr. W. B. Medway, 7 St. Alban's Road, Westbury Park, Bristol, for the following:—
Questions on Jane Austen's Fools, Wiseacres, and Wits
Who said :- 1. " Everybody was anxious to be in her family, for she moves in the first circle. Wax candles in the schoolroom ! You may imagine how desirable."
2. I shall be sure to say three dull things as soon as ever I open my mouth."
3. " Not that it was such a very old petticoat either,—for still it would last a great while,—and indeed she must thankfully say that their petticoats were all very strong."
4. " The last time I saw her she had a red nose, but I hope that may not happen every day."
5. " I would rather be overturned by him than driven safely by anybody else." 6. " Upon my honour, I never bribed a physician in my life." 7. " If a fortnight (of love-making) will-lull her, she must have a constitution that nothing Could save."
8. " I would_ advise you merely to put on ":whatev0 of your clothes is superior to the rest, there is no occasion for anything more." -
9. " You are each of you so complying that nothing will ever be resolved on ; so easy that every servant will cheat you ; and so generous that you will always exceed your income." 10. " He admires as. a lover, not as a connoisseur. To satisfy me those characters must be united."
11. " Everybody laughs at me Bo about the Doctor, and I cannot think why. My cousins say they are sure I have made a conquest, but for my part I declare I never think about him from one hour's end to another."
12. " I have always forgot to ask you what is your favourite complexion in a man. -Do you like them best dark or fair 2 " 13. " In every power of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes."
Answers will be found on' page -931. V ' "
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