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Patterns of Diction in Jane Austen's Major Novels

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it was not likely to be discovered by the world in general, since Jane united, with great strength of feeling, a composure of temper and a uniform cheerfulness of manner which would guard her from the suspicions of the impertinent.
he would tell her what lady had the credit of inspiring such reflections.
her admiration of Captain Carter,
her hope of seeing him in the course of the day, as he was going the next morning to London.
to remain at Netherfield for the present.
Jane was by no means better.
Her manners were
very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence; she had no conversation, no style, no beauty.
she would amuse herself for the short time she could stay below, with a book.
she could suit herself perfectly with those in the room.
her sister was worse, and that she could not leave her.
to have a note sent to Longbourn, desiring her mother to visit Jane, and form her own judgement of her situation.
if Charlotte Lucas had been at Longbourn since her coming away.
having promised on his first coming into the country to give a ball at Netherfield.
it would be the most shameful thing in the world if he did not keep it.
no one intended to play,
“What could he mean?
what could be his meaning”
she could at all understand him?
the carriage might be sent for them in the course of the day.
What could be the meaning of it?
she had neither been seeing him before, nor thinking of him since, with the smallest degree of unreasonable admiration.
the commonest, dullest, most threadbare topic might be rendered interesting by the skill of the speaker.
“A young man, too, like you, whose very countenance may vouch for your being amiable”
he had given a very rational account of it,
Mr. Bingley, if he had been imposed on, would have much to suffer when the affair became public.
she had no disinclination for it.
whether he intended to accept Mr. Bingley's invitation, and if he did, whether he would think it proper to join in the evening's amusement;
to have Mr. Collins instead!
she was selected from among her sisters as worthy of being the mistress of Hunsford Parsonage, and of assisting to form a quadrille table at Rosings, in the absence of more eligible visitors.
Mr. Collins might never make the offer, and till he did, it was useless to quarrel about him.
his being purposely omitted for Mr. Darcy's pleasure in the Bingleys' invitation to the officers;
their silence was to last through the two dances,
it would be the greater punishment to her partner to oblige him to talk,
Mr. Darcy would consider his addressing him without introduction as an impertinent freedom, rather than a compliment to his aunt;
it was not in the least necessary there should be any notice on either side;
if it were, it must belong to Mr. Darcy, the superior in consequence, to begin the acquaintance.
had her family made an agreement to expose themselves as much as they could during the evening, it would have been impossible for them to play their parts with more spirit or finer success;
some of the exhibition had escaped his notice,
his feelings were not of a sort to be much distressed by the folly which he must have witnessed.
to stand up with somebody else,
to introduce him to any young lady in the room.
if he persisted in considering her repeated refusals as flattering encouragement, to apply to her father, whose negative might be uttered in such a manner as to be decisive, and whose behavior at least could not be mistaken for the affectation and coquetry of an elegant female.
it was.
of their having just resolved to follow their brother to town directly,
of their meaning to dine that day in Grosvenor Street, where Mr. Hurst had a house.
it was not to be supposed that their absence from Netherfield would prevent Mr. Bingley's being there;
Jane must soon cease to regard it, in the enjoyment of his.
merely the suggestion of Caroline's interested wishes,
those wishes, however openly or artfully spoken, could influence a young man so totally independent of everyone.