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Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; there he found occupation for an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed one; there his faculties were roused into admiration and respect, by contemplating the limited remnant of the earliest patents; there any unwelcome sensations, arising from domestic affairs changed naturally into pity and contempt as he turned over the almost endless creations of the last century; and there, if every other leaf were powerless, he could read his own history with an interest. | Persuasion By Jane Austen 1818 Published by Planet eBook. Visit the site to download free eBooks of classic literature books and novels. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial United States License. Chapter 1 Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall in Somersetshire was a man who for his own amusement never took up any book but the Baronetage there he found occupation for an idle hour and consolation in a distressed one there his faculties were roused into admiration and respect by contemplating the limited remnant of the earliest patents there any unwelcome sensations arising from domestic affairs changed naturally into pity and contempt as he turned over the almost endless creations of the last century and there if every other leaf were powerless he could read his own history with an interest which never failed. This was the page at which the favourite volume always opened ELLIOT OF KELLYNCH HALL. Walter Elliot born March 1 1760 married July 15 1784 Elizabeth daughter of James Stevenson Esq. of South Park in the county of Gloucester by which lady who died 1800 he has issue Elizabeth born June 1 1785 Anne born August 9 1787 a still-born son November 5 1789 Mary born November 20 1791. Precisely such had the paragraph originally stood from the printer s hands but Sir Walter had improved it by add- Free eBooks at Planet