Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

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Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Emma. Vol. 2, London: John Murray, 1816, ch. 8.

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Austen, Jane. Emma, edited by Fiona Stafford. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 8.

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