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Patterns of Diction in Jane Austen's Major Novels

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"Oh!"
"He came to their father upon some business, and he asked him to stay to dinner."
"Oh!"
"They talked a great deal about him, especially Anne Cox. I do not know what she meant,but
she asked me
if I thought I should go and stay there again next summer."
"She meant to be impertinently curious, just as such an Anne Cox should be."
"She said
he was very agreeable the day he dined there. He sat by her at dinner.
Miss Nash thinks
"Very likely.—I think they are, without exception, the most vulgar girls in Highbury."
"I am here on no business of my own,"
"I am only waiting for my friend. She will probably have soon done, and then we shall go home. But you had better go with Mrs. Weston and hear the instrument."
"I do not believe any such thing,"
"I am persuaded that you can be as insincere as your neighbours, when it is necessary; but there is no reason to suppose the instrument is indifferent. Quite otherwise indeed, if I understood Miss Fairfax's opinion last night."
if she wanted plain muslin it was of no use to look at figured; and
a blue ribbon, be it ever so beautiful, would still never match her yellow pattern.
"Yes —no —yes, to Mrs. Goddard's. Only my pattern gown is at Hartfield. No, you shall send it to Hartfield, if you please. But then, Mrs. Goddard will want to see it.—And I could take the pattern gown home any day. But I shall want the ribbon directly—so it had better go to Hartfield— at least the ribbon. You could make it into two parcels, Mrs. Ford, could not you?"
"It is not worth while, Harriet, to give Mrs. Ford the trouble of two parcels."
"No more it is."
"Oh! but indeed I would much rather have it only in one. Then, if you please, you shall send it all to Mrs. Goddard's— I do not know— No, I think, Miss Woodhouse, I may just as well have it sent to Hartfield, and take it home with me at night. What do you advise?"
"That you do not give another half-second to the subject. To Hartfield, if you please, Mrs. Ford."
"Aye, that will be much best,"
"I should not at all like to have it sent to Mrs. Goddard's."
every body ought to have two pair of spectacles;
"very happy to wait on Mrs. Bates, &c.,"
I had made him believe we had a great many left.
she had not yet possessed the instrument long enough to touch it without emotion; she must reason herself into the power of performance;
"It is not fair,"
"mine was a random guess. Do not distress her."
"Till I have a letter from Colonel Campbell,"
"I can imagine nothing with any confidence. It must be all conjecture."
This amiable, upright, perfect Jane Fairfax was apparently cherishing very reprehensible feelings.
"You speak too plain. She must understand you."
"But really, I am half ashamed, and wish I had never taken up the idea."
"She is not entirely without it, I think."
"Yes,"
"we heard his kind offers, we heard every thing."
it really time to be at home; the visit had already lasted long;
"It would be a crowd —a sad crowd; and what could be worse than dancing without space to turn in?"
"No, no,"
"you are quite unreasonable. It would be dreadful to be standing so close! Nothing can be farther from pleasure than to be dancing in a crowd— and a crowd in a little room!"
Had she intended ever to marry him, it might have been worth while to pause and consider, and try to understand the value of his preference, and the character of his temper; but for all the purposes of their acquaintance, he was quite amiable enough.
"The Crown!"
"It appears to me a plan that nobody can object to, if Mr. and Mrs. Weston do not. I think it admirable; and, as far as I can answer for myself, shall be most happy— It seems the only improvement that could be. Papa, do you not think it an excellent improvement?"
"Oh!"
"there will be plenty of time for talking every thing over. There is no hurry at all. If it can be contrived to be at the Crown, papa, it will be very convenient for the horses. They will be so near their own stable."
"There, papa!—Now you must be satisfied— Our own dear Mrs. Weston, who is carefulness itself. Do not you remember what Mr. Perry said, so many years ago, when I had the measles?
How often have I heard you speak of it as such a compliment to her!"
"You will get nothing to the purpose from Miss Bates,"

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