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Annotation:
alienable,
Category:
Custom & Law
| Type:
Glossary Word
| Title:
Persuasion
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
A legal term, in this case meaning able to be sold.
Annotation:
dispose of;
Type:
Glossary Word
| Title:
Persuasion
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
Sell. Sir Walter's problem, a part of the legal restrictions upon the estate, is that his income is …
Annotation:
duodecimo
Category:
Writing & Reading
| Type:
Glossary Word
| Title:
Persuasion
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
"The size of a book, or of the page of a book, in which each leaf is one-twelfth of a whole sheet: u…
Annotation:
patents;
Category:
Class
| Type:
Glossary Word
| Title:
Persuasion
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
A patent is a document originating with the king or queen and conferring in this case the title of b…
Annotation:
well provided for,
Category:
Money
| Type:
Glossary Word
| Title:
Persuasion
(in Context)
| Author:
Jane Austen
| Ch:
Chapter 1
Wealthy, through her deceased husband. The ideal situation for a woman, for it conferred both wealth…