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What does "of existence" in the following sentence mean?
What does "of existence" in the following sentence mean?
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.
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I think it means that she represents some of the best things inherent in someone or something existing.
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