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"Can he be a sensible man, sir?'
'No, my dear; I think not. I have great hopes of finding him quite the reverse. There is a mixture of civility and self importance in his letter, which promises well. I am impatient to see him."
- Pride and Prejudice
'No, my dear; I think not. I have great hopes of finding him quite the reverse. There is a mixture of civility and self importance in his letter, which promises well. I am impatient to see him."
- Pride and Prejudice
"I am afraid, Mr. Darcy,' observed Miss Bingley, in a half whisper, 'that this adventure has rather affected your admiration of her fine eyes.'
'Not at all,' he replied; 'they were brightened by the exercise."
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
'Not at all,' he replied; 'they were brightened by the exercise."
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
“Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.” ― Jane Austen, Emma
I do hope so, because I tend to do silly things....
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large fortune, must be in want of a wife."


