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Monday, January 28, 2013, 11:07 AM

A favorite passage from Emma. Mrs. Elton is picking strawberries:

“The best fruit in England — everybody’s favourite — always wholesome.  These the finest beds and finest sorts.  Delightful to gather for oneself — the only way of really enjoying them.  Morning decidedly the best time — never tired — every sort good — hautboy infinitely superior — no comparison — the others hardly eatable — hautboys very scarce — Chili preferred — white wood finest flavour of all — price of strawberries in London — abundance about Bristol — Maple Grove– cultivations — beds when to be renewed — gardeners thinking exactly different — no general rule — gardeners never to be put out of their way — delicious fruit — only too rich to be eaten much of — inferior to cherries — currants more refreshing — only objections to gathering strawberries the stooping — glaring sun — tire to death — could bear it no longer — must go and sit in the shade.”

Syntax is character.

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