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Patterns of Diction in Jane Austen's Major Novels

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“She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. I shall never forget her appearance this morning. She really looked almost wild.”
“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.”
“I have an excessive regard for Miss Jane Bennet, she is really a very sweet girl, and I wish with all my heart she were well settled. But with such a father and mother, and such low connections, I am afraid there is no chance of it.”
“Yes; and they have another, who lives somewhere near Cheapside.”
“I shall insist on their giving one also. I shall tell Colonel Forster it will be quite a shame if he does not.”
“You used us abominably ill,”
“running away without telling us that you were coming out.”