a melancholy air, just as he ought to have
How Marianne Dashwood would appreciate Captain Benwick!
a melancholy air, just as he ought to have
How Marianne Dashwood would appreciate Captain Benwick!
impugn the sense
Sir Edward's passionate praise of the Romantic novel is reminiscent of Marianne's dramatic speeches in Sense and Sensibility. This is slightly ironic considering that Edward's earlier rejection of the novel in favor of works that can be used to better oneself falls more under Sense than Sensibility.