Five is the very awkwardest of all posible numbers to sit down to... by Jane Austen

Five is the very awkwardest of all posible numbers to sit down to table.

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I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by fi... by Jane Austen

I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.

thirty would-be faces

Undoubtedly ... there is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation. What bears affinity to cunning is despicable.

bears sometimes art

I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. Fidelity and complaisance are the principle duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or to marry them selves, have no business with the partners or wives of the neighbors.

marriage dance country

At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to change them.

opinion change life

The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.

may men firsts

Faultless in spite of all her faults. by Jane Austen

Faultless in spite of all her faults.

mr-knightley spite faults

That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no moderation, and leave him no sense of fatigue.

moderation should men

If there is any thing disagreeable going on, men are always sure... by Jane Austen

If there is any thing disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it.

persuasion ifs men

I might as well enquire,” replied she, “why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?

offending pride character

It was a delightful visit;-perfect, in being much too short. by Jane Austen

It was a delightful visit;-perfect, in being much too short.

delightful too-short perfect

There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy.

employment sorrow may

... strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause... by Jane Austen

... strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly seached out.

strange causes may

A Mr. (save, perhaps, some half dozen in the nation,) always need... by Jane Austen

A Mr. (save, perhaps, some half dozen in the nation,) always needs a note of explanation.

dozen half needs

An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best cor... by Jane Austen

An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous.

grateful serious meditation

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.

mrs-bennet wife taken

No: the years which had destroyed her youth and bloom had only given him a more glowing, manly, open look, in no respect lessening his personal advantages. She had seen the same Frederick Wentworth.

glowing looks years

Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and... by Jane Austen

Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart?

duty acceptance heart

[W]here other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.

philosopher entertainment benefits

There are such beings in the world -- perhaps one in a thousand -- as the creature you and I should think perfection; where grace and spirit are united to worth, where the manners are equal to the heart and understanding; but such a person may not come in your way, or, if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a man of fortune, the near relation of your particular friend, and belonging to your own county.

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How can you contrive to write so even? by Jane Austen

How can you contrive to write so even?

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