Sunday, May 20, 2007

Really

"[S]he is not often really merry."
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 17

"But you really do admit the justice of what I have said in his defence?"
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 15.

Elinor, though she felt really interested in the welfare of Colonel Brandon, could not bestow all the wonder of his going so suddenly away...
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 14

But whatever might really be its limits, it was enough when perveived by his sister to make her uneasy...
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 4

"And you really are not engaged to him!"
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 4

"What brother on earth would do half so much for his sisters, even if really his sisters!"
--
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 2

"At present I know him so well that I think him really handsome; or, at least, almost so."
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter4

Elizabeth, feeling really anxious, was determined to go to her [sister].
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 7

"[Y]ou are really proud of your defects in writing..."
--Mr. Darcy to Elizabeth, in Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 10

[Jane and Elizabeth] were not welcomed home very cordially by their mother. Mrs. Bennet wondered at their coming, and thought them very wrong to give so much trouble, and was sure Jane would have caught cold again. But their father, though very laconic in his expressions of pleasure, was really glad to see them; he had felt their importance in the family circle.
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 12

"Certain it is, that the living became vacant two years ago, exactly as I was of an age to hold it, and that it was given to another man; and no less certain is it, that I cannot accuse myself of having really done anything to deserve to lose it."
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 15

Colonel Fitzwilliam seemed really glad to see them; anything was a welcome relief to him at Rosings; and Mrs. Collins's pretty friend had moreover caught his fancy very much.
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 31

"I have told Miss Bennet several times that she will never play really well unless she practises more..."
--Lady Catherine to Mr. Darcy, in Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 31

"I shall not say you are mistaken," he replied, "because you could not really believe me to entertain any design of alarming you..."
--Mr. Darcy to Elizabeth, in Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 31

He [Mr. Darcy] seldom appeared really animated.
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 31

[S]he must own that she was tired of sseeing great houses; after going over so many, she really had no pleasure in fine carpets or satin curtains.
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 42

[I]t was gratifying to know that his resentment had made him think really ill of her.
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane austen, 1813), Chapter 43



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