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There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit.

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The conversation soon turned upon fishing, and she heard Mr. Darcy invite him, with the greatest civility, to fish there as often as he chose while he...more

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If I understand you rightly, you had formed a surmise of such horror as I have hardly words to-- Dear Miss Morland, consider the dreadful nature of th...more

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When once we are buried you think we are gone. But behold me immortal!

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There is no other enjoyment like reading

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With a book he was regardless of time.

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I cannot say much for this Monarch's Sense--Nor would I if I could, for he was a Lancastrian. I suppose you know all about the Wars between him and th...more

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They danced again, and when the assembly closed, parted, on the lady’s side at least, with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance. Wheth...more

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The evils arising from the loss of her uncle were neither trifling nor likely to lessen; and when thought had been freely indulged, in contrasting the...more

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Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.

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It's a truth universally acknowledged...

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but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

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Mr. Collins was to attend them, at the request of Mr. Bennet, who was most anxious to get rid of him, and have his library to himself

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There are people who, the more you do for them, the less they will do for themseselves.

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When the evening was over, Anne could not but be amused at the idea of her coming to Lyme, to preach patience and resignation to a young man whom she ...more