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1  I wish I could call her amiable.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
2  I wish I could say anything to comfort you," replied Elizabeth; "but it is wholly out of my power.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 53
3  You are very kind, I am sure; and I wish with all my heart it may prove so, for else they will be destitute enough.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
4  I wish you very happy and very rich, and by refusing your hand, do all in my power to prevent your being otherwise.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
5  I have an excessive regard for Miss Jane Bennet, she is really a very sweet girl, and I wish with all my heart she were well settled.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  I shall send for my clothes when I get to Longbourn; but I wish you would tell Sally to mend a great slit in my worked muslin gown before they are packed up.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47
7  By this time, my dearest sister, you have received my hurried letter; I wish this may be more intelligible, but though not confined for time, my head is so bewildered that I cannot answer for being coherent.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 46
8  Well," said Charlotte, "I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if she were married to him to-morrow, I should think she had as good a chance of happiness as if she were to be studying his character for a twelvemonth.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6