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Patterns of Diction in Jane Austen's Major Novels

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He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world,
he would never come there again.
a sweet girl, and one whom they would not object to know more of.
though the mother was
intolerable, and the younger sisters not worth speaking to,
a wish of being better acquainted with them
she had caught a violent cold, and that they must endeavour to get the better of it;
to return to bed,
some draughts.
how much they were grieved, how shocking it was to have a bad cold,
how excessively they disliked being ill themselves;
they knew many women who answered this description,
an express to town for one of the most eminent physicians.
Much had been done, and much had been said in the regiment since the preceding Wednesday; several of the officers had dined lately with their uncle, a private had been flogged, and it had actually been hinted that Colonel Forster was going to be married.
it should not occur again, if he would resume his book;
they were not to send any more draughts to Netherfield because the Miss Bennets were come away,
“stupid, disagreeable fellows.”
an age since they had met,
what she had been doing with herself since their separation.
he was universally liked.
her brother's regret at not having had time to pay his respects to his friends in Hertfordshire before he left the country.
to try some other dish,
she was indisposed.
Miss de Bourgh's being too hot or too cold, or having too much or too little light.
“There were some very strong objections against the lady,”
as ugly,
he need not stay.
they now saw Mr. Darcy,
it was ten miles round.
to be infinitely superior to anything they had expected.
there was no other way of accounting for such attentions from such a quarter than by supposing a partiality for their niece.
Miss Darcy was exceedingly proud;
one of them at least knew what it was to love.
the gentleman was overflowing with admiration was evident enough.
she was much better acquainted with Mr. Darcy than they had before any idea of; it was evident that he was very much in love with her.
the authority of a servant who had known him since he was four years old, and whose own manners indicated respectability, was not to be hastily rejected.
pride he probably had, and if not, it would certainly be imputed by the inhabitants of a small market-town where the family did not visit.
he was a liberal man, and did much good among the poor.
such a striking civility as Miss Darcy's in coming to see them on the very day of her arrival at Pemberley, for she had reached it only to a late breakfast, ought to be imitated, though it could not be equalled, by some exertion of politeness on their side; and, consequently, that it would be highly expedient to wait on her at Pemberley the following morning.
there was no real occasion for such a seclusion from the family,
she had not prudence enough to hold her tongue before the servants, while they waited at table,
one only of the household, and the one whom they could most trust should comprehend all her fears and solicitude on the subject.
to be in debt to every tradesman in the place, and his intrigues, all honoured with the title of seduction, had been extended into every tradesman's family.
he was the wickedest young man in the world; and everybody began to find out that they had always distrusted the appearance of his goodness.
their mother was in all likelihood perfectly ignorant of what had happened.
whether he would not wish them to make it known to her.
the luckiest family in the world,
marked out for misfortune.
“What could become of Mr. Bingley and Jane!”
Mr. Bennet's consent should be asked in the course of the evening.

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