Persuasion
------Vanity
was the beginning and
vanity of person and of
situation.
and, at fifty-four, was still
a very fine man.
of
their personal appearance than he
did,
nor could the valet of any new made
lord
be more delighted with the place he
held in society.
He considered the blessing of beauty
as inferior only
to the blessing of a
baronetcy;
and the Sir Walter Elliot, who united
these gifts....
.....constant object of
his warmest respect and devotion.
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