Category: Author Jane Austen

Nursing does not belong to a man; it is not his province. A sick child is always the mother’s property: her own feelings generally make it so. Jane Austen Persuasion 0 Every thing was said that could encourage, every encouragement received with grateful joy, and the gentlemen parted the best of friends. Jane Austen Mansfield…

Grandeur I detest. Jane Austen Northanger Abbey 0 Elizabeth made no answer, and walked on, her heart swelling with indignation. After watching her a little, Fitzwilliam asked her why she was so thoughtful. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 0 Men of sense do not want silly wives. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 0 Anne could…

friendship between a person capable of it, and such an amiable man as Mr. Bingley, was incomprehensible. She grew absolutely ashamed of herself. Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think without Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 0 They were gone, she hoped, to be happy, however oddly constructed such happiness might seem; as for…

And yet she was a happy woman, and a woman whom no one named without good-will. It was her own universal good-will and contented temper which worked such wonders. She loved every body, was interested in every body’s happiness, quicksighted to every body’s merits; thought herself a most fortunate creature, and surrounded with blessings in…

I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, ‘SHE a beauty!–I should as soon call her mother a wit.’ But afterwards she seemed to improve on you, and I believe you thought her rather pretty at one time.” “Yes,” replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, “but THAT…

He listened to her with silent attention, and on her ceasing to speak, rose directly from his seat, and after saying in a voice of emotion, ‘To your sister I wish all imaginable happiness; to Willoughby, that he may endeavor to deserve her,’ took leave, and went away. Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility 39 Soon,…

Je lui aurais volontiers pardonné son orgueil s’il n’avait tant mortifié le mien. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 1 I would have everybody marry if they can do it properly: I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage.” CHAPTER Jane…

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Jane Austen Persuasion 1…