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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: time, without being informed that she was very accomplished."
"Your list of the common extent of accomplishments," said
Darcy, "has too much truth. The word is applied to many a
woman who deserves it no otherwise than by netting a purse or
covering a screen. But I am very far from agreeing with you in
your estimation of ladies in general. I cannot boast of knowing
more than half-a-dozen, in the whole range of my acquaintance,
that are really accomplished."
"Nor I, I am sure," said Miss Bingley.
"Then," observed Elizabeth, "you must comprehend a great deal
in your idea of an accomplished woman."
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