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Present Quotes by Jane Austen
- She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who…
- I am now convinced that I have never been much in love; for had I really experienced that pure and elevating passion, I should at…
- Your countenance perfectly informs me that you were in company last night with the person, whom you think the most agreeable in the world, the…
- She tried to be calm, and leave things to take their course; and tried to dwell much on this argument of rational dependence – “Surely,…
- A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other.
- Upon the whole, therefore, she found, what has been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did…
- How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth: and…
- Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present
- but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proportionate depression. it soon…
- Her mind was all disorder. The past, present, future, every thing was terrible.
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