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Patterns of Diction in Jane Austen's Major Novels

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Perhaps he had been civil only because he felt himself at ease; yet there had been that in his voice which was not like ease.
Whether he had felt more of pain or of pleasure in seeing her
but he certainly had not seen her with composure.
to appear and to speak with calmness, if he really intended to meet them.
he would probably strike into some other path.
he had lost none of his recent civility;
to admire the beauty of the place;
praise of Pemberley from her might be mischievously construed.
if she would do him the honour of introducing him to her friends.
at his being now seeking the acquaintance of some of those very people against whom his pride had revolted in his offer to herself.
“What will be his surprise,"
"when he knows who they are? He takes them now for people of fashion.”
of his decamping as fast as he could from such disgraceful companions. That he was surprised by the connection was evident; he sustained it, however, with fortitude,
It was consoling that he should know she had some relations for whom there was no need to blush.
in every expression, every sentence of her uncle, which marked his intelligence, his taste, or his good manners.
to fish there as often as he chose while he continued in the neighbourhood,
to supply him with fishing tackle,
those parts of the stream where there was usually most sport.
the compliment must be all for herself.
“Why is he so altered? From what can it proceed? It cannot be for me — it cannot be for my sake that his manners are thus softened. My reproofs at Hunsford could not work such a change as this. It is impossible that he should still love me.”
she had been assured of his absence before she came to the place,
his arrival had been very unexpected —
business with his steward had occasioned his coming forward a few hours before the rest of the party with whom he had been travelling.
“They will join me early to-morrow,”
“and among them are some who will claim an acquaintance with you — Mr. Bingley and his sisters.”
“There is also one other person in the party,”
“who more particularly wishes to be known to you. Will you allow me, or do I ask too much, to introduce my sister to your acquaintance during your stay at Lambton?”
whatever desire Miss Darcy might have of being acquainted with her must be the work of her brother, and, without looking farther, it was satisfactory;
it was gratifying to know that his resentment had not made him think really ill of her.
His wish of introducing his sister to her was a compliment of the highest kind.
she had liked him better when they met in Kent than before,
she had never seen him so pleasant as this morning.
they had entirely misunderstood his character,
by what she had heard from his relations in Kent, his actions were capable of a very different construction; and that his character was by no means so faulty, nor Wickham's so amiable, as they had been considered in Hertfordshire.
to be such as might be relied on.
of Mr. Darcy's civility,
and, above all, of his wishing her to be acquainted with his sister.
not to be out of sight of the inn the whole of that morning.
with the honour which she expected.
lest the partiality of the brother should have said too much in her favour;
every power of pleasing would fail her.
her new acquaintance was at least as much embarrassed as herself.
Bingley was also coming to wait on her;
he talked less than on former occasions,
he was trying to trace a resemblance.
No look appeared on either side that spoke particular regard. Nothing occurred between them that could justify the hopes of his sister.
the improvement of manners which she had yesterday witnessed however temporary its existence might prove, had at least outlived one day. When she saw him thus seeking the acquaintance and courting the good opinion of people with whom any intercourse a few months ago would have been a disgrace — when she saw him thus civil, not only to herself, but to the very relations whom he had openly disdained,
Never, even in the company of his dear friends at Netherfield, or his dignified relations at Rosings, had she seen him so desirous to please, so free from self-consequence or unbending reserve, as now, when no importance could result from the success of his endeavours, and when even the acquaintance of those to whom his attentions were addressed would draw down the ridicule and censure of the ladies both of Netherfield and Rosings.
their wish of seeing Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, and Miss Bennet, to dinner at Pemberley, before they left the country.
She certainly did not hate him. No; hatred had vanished long ago, and she had almost as long been ashamed of ever feeling a dislike against him, that could be so called.