Quotes by category:Mrs Bennet

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do... by Jane Austen

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

mrs-bennet ironic suffering

Those who do not complain are never pitied. by Jane Austen

Those who do not complain are never pitied.

mrs-bennet ironic prejudice

You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner.

mrs-bennet pride love

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a littl... by Jane Austen

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.

mrs-bennet prejudice girl

I have not the pleasure of understanding you. by Jane Austen

I have not the pleasure of understanding you.

mrs-bennet pleasure understanding

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. by Jane Austen

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

mrs-bennet forgiveness pride

What are men to rocks and mountains? by Jane Austen

What are men to rocks and mountains?

mrs-bennet rocks men

Well, my dear," said Mr. Bennet, when Elizabeth had read the note aloud, "if your daughter should have a dangerous fit of illness—if she should die, it would be a comfort to know that it was all in pursuit of Mr. Bingley, and under your orders.

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And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless busi... by Jane Austen

And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.

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My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?

mrs-bennet one-day lasts

Do you not want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatie... by Jane Austen

Do you not want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently.

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Mr. Bennet's expectations were fully answered. His cousin was as absurd as he had hoped, and he listened to him with the keenest enjoyment.

mrs-bennet cousin expectations

Yes, you know enough of my frankness to believe me capable of that. After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no scruple in abusing you to all your relations.

mrs-bennet faces believe

Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!

mrs-bennet girl men

I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. by Jane Austen

I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends.

mrs-bennet prejudice old-friends

A battle cry" Mr. Bennet said "is a warrior's calling card. Only it does not say 'Good afternoon. I have come for tea and crumpets.' It says 'Death has come for you! Flee or be killed where you stand!

Steve Hockensmith

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