“You judge very properly, and it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The earliest intelligence of the travellers' safe arrival at Antigua, after a favourable voyage, was received; though not before Mrs. Norris had… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Upon my word, sir, your hope is a rather extraordinary one after my declaration. I do assure you that I am not… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“they are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old. I have seen a great many lists of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Words were insufficient for the elevation of his [Mr Collins'] feelings; and he was obliged to walk about the room, while Elizabeth… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“... and because they were fond of reading, she fancied them satirical: perhaps without exactly knowing what it was to be satirical;… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“To come with a well-informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Well, well," said he, "do not make yourself unhappy. If you are a good girl for the next ten years, I will… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Mr. Wickham is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his making friends - whether he may be equally capable of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate!” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“it is very well worth-while to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of either sex,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“It raises my spleen more than any thing, to have the pretence of being asked, of being given a choice, and at the same… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
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