To "Out" Something or Someone, Regency Style

"I am sure I was in the greatest fright in the world t'other day when Edward's name was mentioned by Sir John, lest she out with it all."
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 22

To Do More Harm Than Good

"[S]he does me a great deal more harm than good..."
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 22

To Put Up With Something or Someone

[A]nd Mrs. Jennings's attempts at consolation were therefore unfortunately founded when she advised her daughter not to care about their being so fashionable because they were all cousins and must put up with one another.
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 21

"Hello" in Regency Usage

She came hallooing to the window.
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 19

In General

"[A] young man of eighteen is not in general so earnestly bent on being busy as to resist the solicitations of his friends to do nothing."
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 19

To Be Bent On Something

"[A] young man of eighteen is not in general so earnestly bent on being busy as to resist the solicitations of his friends to do nothing."
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 19

To Forego Something

[W]hen Willoughby called the same day, Elinor heard her express her disappointment to him in a low voice, on being obliged to forego the acceptance of his present.
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 12

Mutual Consent

[T]hey were sitting down together by mutual consent while the others were dancing.
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 11

Out of the Question

Will0ughby was out of the question.
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 11

A "Hop"

Perhaps some older relations of yours have spoken about dancing at "hops" while they were in high school in the 1950s or 1960s, and perhaps you thought the word "hop" was the product of that era. Actually, the term far predates middle 20th century usage, as seen in this passage from Vol. 1, Chapter 9 of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, published in 1811: "I remember last Christmas, at a little hop in the park, he danced from eight o'clock till four without once sitting down."

To Find Out Something

[S]he soon found out that of all manly dresses a shooting-jacket was the most becoming.
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 9

To Be Sick of Something or Someone

"Twice every year these annuities were to be paid; and then there was the trouble of getting it to them; and then one of them was said to have died, and afterwards it turned out to be no such thing. My mother was quite sick of it."
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 2

Carried Away

But in sorrow she must be equally carried away by her fancy, and as far beyond consolation as in pleasure she was beyond alloy.
--Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811), Vol. 1, Chapter 2

To Be Off Somewhere

"My father is gone to London, and Jane has written to beg my uncle's immediate assistance; and we shall be off, I hope, in half-an-hour."
--Elizabeth to Darcy, in Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 46

Shocked

"I am grieved indeed," cried Darcy; "grieved--shocked."
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane austen, 1813), Chapter 46

Express Mail

"An express came at twelve last night, just as we were all gone to bed, from Colonel Forster, to inform us that [Lydia] was gone off to Scotland with one of his officers..."
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 46

To Be Something

They were all of them warm in their admiration; and at that moment, she felt that to be mistress of Pemberley might be something!
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 43

At Any Rate

"At any rate, she cannot grow many degrees worse, without authorising us to lock her up for the rest of her life."
--Mr. Bennet speaking about Elizabeth's sister Lydia, in Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 41

As Usual

[S]he entered the house with the wish of appearing cheerful as usual...
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 37

To Make Something Clear

She could not think of Darcy's leaving Kent without remembering that his cousin was to go with him; but Colonel Fitzwilliam had made it clear that he had no intentions at all...
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 34

Being the Case

"[T]hat being the case, I cannot consider your situation with much compassion."
--Elizabeth to Jane, in Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 21

To Be on One's Guard

"What do you think of this sentence, my dear Lizzy?" said Jane as she finished [the letter]. "Is it not clear enough? Does it not expressly declare that Caroline neither expects nor wishes me to be her sister; that she is perfectly convinced of her brother's indifference; and that if she suspects the nature of my feelings for him, she means (most kindly!) to put me on my guard?"
--Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 21