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Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

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I have not yet tranquillised myself enough to see Frederica.

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She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging Young Woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her -- she was only an Object of Con...more

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The earliest intelligence of the travellers' safe arrival at Antigua, after a favourable voyage, was received; though not before Mrs. Norris had been ...more

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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 migh...more

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You judge very properly, and it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions ...more

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Well, well," said he, "do not make yourself unhappy. If you are a good girl for the next ten years, I will take you to a review at the end of them.

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Words were insufficient for the elevation of his [Mr Collins'] feelings; and he was obliged to walk about the room, while Elizabeth tried to unite civ...more

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For my part, I am determined never to speak of it again to anybody. I told my sister Phillips so the other day.

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... and because they were fond of reading, she fancied them satirical: perhaps without exactly knowing what it was to be satirical; but that did not s...more