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Patterns of Diction in Jane Austen's Major Novels

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"Louisa."
"A little. I am a little acquainted with Captain Benwick."
"I thought Captain Benwick a very pleasing young man,"
"and I understand that he bears an excellent character."
"Indeed you are mistaken there, sir; I should never augur want of spirit from Captain Benwick's manners. I thought them particularly pleasing, and I will answer for it, they would generally please."
to oppose the too common idea of spirit and gentleness being incompatible with each other, not at all to represent Captain Benwick's manners as the very best that could possibly be;
"I was not entering into any comparison of the two friends,"
"I hope, Admiral, I hope there is nothing in the style of Captain Wentworth's letter to make you and Mrs Croft particularly uneasy. It did seem, last autumn, as if there were an attachment between him and Louisa Musgrove; but I hope it may be understood to have worn out on each side equally, and without violence. I hope his letter does not breathe the spirit of an ill-used man."
"Certainly. But what I mean is, that I hope there is nothing in Captain Wentworth's manner of writing to make you suppose he thinks himself ill-used by his friend, which might appear, you know, without its being absolutely said. I should be very sorry that such a friendship as has subsisted between him and Captain Benwick should be destroyed, or even wounded, by a circumstance of this sort."
they will be happy together;
The rain was a mere trifle, and
in preferring a walk with Mr Elliot.
Mrs Clay had a little cold already,
she was the greatest simpleton in the world, the most unaccountable and absurd!
to see if it rained. Why was she to suspect herself of another motive? Captain Wentworth must be out of sight.
she would go; one half of her should not be always so much wiser than the other half, or always suspecting the other of being worse than it was. She would see if it rained.
Elizabeth would not know him.
"I am much obliged to you,"
"but I am not going with them. The carriage would not accommodate so many. I walk: I prefer walking."
"But it rains."
"Oh! very little, Nothing that I regard."
"Though I came only yesterday, I have equipped myself properly for Bath already, you see,"
"I wish you would make use of it, if you are determined to walk; though I think it would be more prudent to let me get you a chair."
very much obliged to him,
the rain would come to nothing at present,
"I am only waiting for Mr Elliot. He will be here in a moment, I am sure."
"Good morning to you!"
he is the most agreeable man she ever was in company with."
whether he were really suffering much from disappointment or not;
She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time;
she was not wise yet.
how long he meant to be in Bath;
He might be only passing through. But it was more probable that he should be come to stay. In that case, so liable as every body was to meet every body in Bath, Lady Russell would in all likelihood see him somewhere. Would she recollect him? How would it all be?
Louisa Musgrove was to marry Captain Benwick.
now, if she were by any chance to be thrown into company with Captain Wentworth, her imperfect knowledge of the matter might add another shade of prejudice against him.
No, it was not to be supposed that Lady Russell would perceive him till they were nearly opposite.
She could thoroughly comprehend the sort of fascination he must possess over Lady Russell's mind, the difficulty it must be for her to withdraw her eyes, the astonishment she must be feeling that eight or nine years should have passed over him, and in foreign climes and in active service too, without robbing him of one personal grace!
"Now, how would she speak of him?"
in all this waste of foresight and caution, she should have lost the right moment for seeing whether he saw them.
Of course they must attend. It was really expected to be a good one, and Captain Wentworth was very fond of music. If she could only have a few minutes conversation with him again,
she should be satisfied;
Elizabeth had turned from him, Lady Russell overlooked him;
she owed him attention.
"I have hardly seen you since our day at Lyme. I am afraid you must have suffered from the shock, and the more from its not overpowering you at the time."
She assured him that she had not.
"It was a frightful hour,"
"a frightful day!"
"The day has produced some effects however; has had some consequences which must be considered as the very reverse of frightful. When you had the presence of mind to suggest that Benwick would be the properest person to fetch a surgeon, you could have little idea of his being eventually one of those most concerned in her recovery."
"Certainly I could have none. But it appears -- I should hope it would be a very happy match. There are on both sides good principles and good temper."
"Yes,"

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