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Patterns of Diction in Jane Austen's Major Novels

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Lord Byron's "dark blue seas"
'he never shot'
'been quite misunderstood,'
he wants to talk to you about them; he has found out something or other in one of them which he thinks
'Elegance, sweetness, beauty.'
Marianne's preserver,
Marianne wore his picture round her neck;
the most beautiful, elegant, accomplished, and agreeable girls they had ever beheld, and with whom they were particularly anxious to be better acquainted. —
her joy on her sister's having been so lucky as to make a conquest of a very smart beau since she came to Barton.
they had never been so happy in their lives as this intelligence made them.
she believed Mr. and Mrs. Ellison would not be sorry to have Miss Grey married, for she and Mrs. Ellison could never agree." —
the inconstancy of beaux
"her word she looked vastly smart, and she dared to say she would make a great many conquests."
'Lord!'
'they are all so fond of Lucy, to be sure they will make no difficulty about it;'
he is monstrous fond of her,
  • Novel: Sense And Sensibility
  • Character: Mrs. Jennings speaking as Lucy, Anne (Nancy) Steele and Nancy Steele
  • Link to text in chapter 37
  • Text ID: 02690
Mr. Perry had been to Mrs. Goddard's to attend a sick child, and Miss Nash had seen him, and he had told Miss Nash, that
"that she did not pretend to understand what his business might be, but she only knew that any woman whom Mr. Elton could prefer, she should think the luckiest woman in the world; for, beyond a doubt, Mr. Elton had not his equal for beauty or agreeableness."
either of the Coxes would be very glad to marry him."