Category: Author Jane Austen

Therefore, Sir Walter, what I would take leave to suggest is, that if in consequence of any rumours getting abroad of your intention; which must be contemplated as a possible thing, because we know how difficult it is to keep the actions and designs of one part of the world from the notice and curiosity…

No podemos exigir que un hombre alocado sea siempre precavido y prudente. A menudo es nuestra propia vanidad lo que nos engaña . La imaginación de las mujeres hace que concibamos demasiadas ilusiones respecto de los hombres. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 0 But how little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who…

You will think me rhapsodizing; but when I am out of doors, especially when I am sitting out of doors, I am very apt to get into this sort of wondering strain. One cannot fix one’s eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy. Jane Austen Mansfield Park 2 Let…

However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 0 where little minds belong to rich people in authority, I think they…

Emma’s eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes. A few minutes were sufficient for making her acquainted with her own heart. A mind like hers, once opening to suspicion, made rapid progress. She touched— she admitted—she acknowledged the whole truth. Why was it so much…

Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking Jane Austen Persuasion 0 Marianne’s illness, though weakening in its kind, had not been long enough to make her recovery slow; and with youth, natural strength, and her mother’s presence in aid, it proceeded so smoothly as to enable her to remove, within four…

By you, I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You shewed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 1 For shame, Emma! Do not mimic her. You divert me against my conscience. Jane Austen Emma…

I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 3 Ha de aprender mi filosofía. Del pasado no tiene usted que recordar más que lo placentero. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 3 In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed.…

Eliza Bennet,’ said Miss Bingley, when the door was closed on her, ‘is one of those young ladies who seek to recommend themselves to the other sex, by undervaluing their own; and with many men, I dare say, it succeeds. But, in my opinion, it is a paltry device, a very mean art. Jane Austen…

But Mrs. John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;—more narrow-minded and selfish. Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility 0 Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of her character in her reply to the letter which announced its arrangement, she sent…