“To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”

— Jane Austen, book Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park (1814)
Works, Mansfiled Park
Context: "I shall soon be rested," said Fanny; "to sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment."

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