Both Uses of
alternative
in
Emma
- She might assist his resolution, or reconcile him to it; she might give just praise to Harriet, or, by representing to him his own independence, relieve him from that state of indecision, which must be more intolerable than any alternative to such a mind as his.†
Chpt 3.13-14
- Like him, she had tried the scheme and rejected it; but such an alternative as this had not occurred to her.†
Chpt 3.15-16 *
Definition:
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(alternative as in: an alternative plan) something available as another possibility