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Written by Joan Ellen
(3/31/2008 8:27 p.m.)
in consequence of the missive, Regarding Miss Churchill/Mrs Weston., penned by Mandy N
====Pride and Prejudice: ====
But she had never felt so strongly as now the disadvantages which must attend the children of so unsuitable a marriage... [reference to Mr. & Mrs. Bennet] ====Sense and Sensibility: ====
These examples -- especially the 2 from P&P -- do seem to relate to unsuitableness of personalities in JA's use of the words. However, maybe JulieW will kindly pop in and give us a fuller definition from the OED, or Graciela from Johnson's Dictionary... :-)
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