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Few Quotes by Jane Austen
- Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the year upon the…
- Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but the crime and annihilation of…
- She went, however, and they sauntered about together many a half hour in Mr. Grant's shrubbery, the weather being unusually mild for the time of…
- There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more…
- She tried to be calm, and leave things to take their course; and tried to dwell much on this argument of rational dependence – “Surely,…
- The last few hours were certainly very painful," replied Anne: "but when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. One does…
- Pride is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed, that…
- I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. And I protest, if I had any…
- We can all begin freely—a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in…
- If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it…
- The longer they were together the more doubtful seemed the nature of his regard, and sometimes for a few painful minutes she believed it to…
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