Emma, Part 3 of 29
The Sleepy Bookshelf
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Harriet Smith
I think Harriet Smith the very worst sort of companion that Emma could possibly have. She knows nothing herself and looks upon Emma as knowing everything. How can Emma imagine she has anything to learn while Harriet is presenting such a delightful inferiority? Whitefield will only put her out of conceit with all the other places she belongs to. I am much mistaken if Emma's doctrines give any strength of mind or tend at all to make a girl apt himself rationally to the varieties of her situation in life. They only give a little polish. But how well she looked last night. Oh, you would rather talk of her person than of her mind, would you? Very well.
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