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Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. — It is not fair. — He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be tak...more

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Obstinate, headstrong girl!

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Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.

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I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding— certainly too...more

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You may well warn me against such an evil. Human nature is so prone to fall into it!

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Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried.

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I dearly love a laugh.

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Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion and somethings an indirect boast.

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My dear, dear aunt,' she rapturously cried, what delight! what felicity! You give me fresh life and vigour. Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What a...more

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Upon my word, you five your opinion very decidedly for so young a person.

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I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty women can bestow.' Miss Bingley immediately fixate...more