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Patterns of Diction in Jane Austen's Major Novels

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her mother had been quite rude enough, —
the lady of Thomas Palmer, Esq. was safely delivered of a son and heir;
the inconstancy of beaux
a delightful thing for the girls to be together;
on having escaped the company of a stupid old woman so long.
the finest child in the world.
the exceedingly great inconvenience of sending her carriage for the Miss Dashwoods,
who could tell that they might not expect to go out with her a second time?
"her word she looked vastly smart, and she dared to say she would make a great many conquests."
The expense would be nothing, the inconvenience not more;
it was altogether an attention
requisite to its complete enfranchisement from his promise to his father.
another year would make the invitation needless, by bringing Elinor to town as Colonel Brandon's wife, and Marianne as THEIR visitor.
to request her company and her sister's, for some days, in Harley Street, as soon as Lady Middleton could spare them.
Mrs. Dashwood had never been so much pleased with any young women in her life, as she was with them; had given each of them a needle book made by some emigrant; called Lucy by her Christian name; and did not know
whether she should ever be able to part with them.
For fear any unpleasant report should reach the young ladies under your care as to their sister's indisposition, I think it advisable to say, that I believe there is no great reason for alarm; I hope Mrs. Dashwood will do very well.'"
'Lord!'
'they are all so fond of Lucy, to be sure they will make no difficulty about it;'
she thought to make a match between Edward and some Lord's daughter or other,
they should not stay a minute longer in the house,
to let them stay till they had packed up their clothes.
in such a condition,
she could hardly walk; and Nancy, she was almost as bad.
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
there is nothing materially to be apprehended; her constitution is a good one, and her resolution equal to any thing.
she never shall think well of anybody again;
they deserved some attention, were harmless, well-behaved girls, and would be pleasant companions;
'I wish, with all my heart,'
'that we had asked your sisters instead of them.'"
he really believed there was no material danger in Fanny's indisposition, and that they need not therefore be very uneasy about it,
nobody in their senses could expect Mr. Ferrars to give up a woman like Miss Morton, with thirty thousand pounds to her fortune, for Lucy Steele that had nothing at all;
when it came to the point he was afraid Mr. Ferrars would be off;
Mrs. Richardson was come in her coach, and would take one of us to Kensington Gardens;
to return with her again from Cleveland.
This set the matter beyond a doubt.
she did not think THAT any material objection;
Why Mr. Ferrars was to have been written to about it in such a hurry,
Miss Dashwood was above, and wanted to speak with him on very particular business.
concerned to find that Elinor and her sister were so soon to leave town, as she had hoped to see more of them;
their travelling so far towards Barton without any expense, and on Colonel Brandon's being to follow them to Cleveland in a day or two,
to come to Norland whenever it should happen to be in their way,
the necessity of her immediate removal with her infant;
her resolution of not stirring from Cleveland as long as Marianne remained ill, and of endeavouring, by her own attentive care, to supply to her the place of the mother she had taken her from;
to send the Colonel away while his love was in so much uneasiness on her sister's account, would be to deprive them both,
of every comfort;
his stay at Cleveland was necessary to herself, that she should want him to play at piquet of an evening, while Miss Dashwood was above with her sister,
Marianne would never get over it,
his patient materially better. Her pulse was much stronger, and every symptom more favourable than on the preceding visit.
Marianne might probably be to HER what Charlotte was to herself,

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