She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Fortunately for those who pay their court through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, the… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet: I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, 'SHE a beauty!--I should as soon call her… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense, with a good temper, and, what is more remarkable, with a good constitution.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but the crime… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense, with a good temper, and, what is more remarkable, with a good constitution.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Ah, mother! How do you do?' said he, giving her a hearty shake of the hand; 'Where did you get that quiz… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister, and the insolence of his mother; and have suffered the punishment… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
You are very kind in planning presents for me to make, and my mother has shown me exactly the same attention; but… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
You think me foolish to call instruction a torment, but if you had been as much used as myself to hear poor… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A sick child is always the mother's property; her own feelings generally make it so. — 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