"In every argument with her mother, Susan had in point of reason the advantage, and never was there any maternal tenderness to buy her off." --Mansfield Park (Jane Austen, 1814), Chapter 40
Many thanks to Shayne Parkinson, of New Zealand, for this entry!
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Another contribution, if you're thinking of reviving this blog (and just for personal interest if you're not :-) ). I came across a usage recently while re-reading Northanger Abbey that struck me as surprisingly modern-sounding: "fishing for compliments." (Isabella says it in Chapter 18)
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