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1  Their party was small, and the hours passed quietly away.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 42
2  She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
3  All his wishes centered in domestic comfort and the quiet of private life.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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4  Excuse me," said she; "and be assured that I meant no offence to you, by speaking, in so quiet a way, of my own feelings.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
5  From this moment her mind was never quiet; the expectation of seeing him every hour of the day, made her unfit for any thing.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 27
6  She sighed for the air, the liberty, the quiet of the country; and fancied that if any place could give her ease, Barton must do it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 39
7  As such, however, they were treated by her with quiet civility; and by her husband with as much kindness as he could feel towards anybody beyond himself, his wife, and their child.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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8  Some lavender drops, however, which she was at length persuaded to take, were of use; and from that time till Mrs. Jennings returned, she continued on the bed quiet and motionless.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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9  Mrs. John Dashwood wished it likewise; but in the mean while, till one of these superior blessings could be attained, it would have quieted her ambition to see him driving a barouche.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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10  Her sleep, though not so quiet as Elinor wished to see it, lasted a considerable time; and anxious to observe the result of it herself, she resolved to sit with her during the whole of it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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11  Her sister's earnest, though gentle persuasion, however, soon softened her to compliance, and Elinor saw her lay her aching head on the pillow, and as she hoped, in a way to get some quiet rest before she left her.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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12  An intimate acquaintance of Mrs. Jennings joined them soon after they entered the Gardens, and Elinor was not sorry that by her continuing with them, and engaging all Mrs. Jennings's conversation, she was herself left to quiet reflection.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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13  Elinor paid her every quiet and unobtrusive attention in her power; and she would have tried to sooth and tranquilize her still more, had not Marianne entreated her, with all the eagerness of the most nervous irritability, not to speak to her for the world.
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14  Margaret returned, and the family were again all restored to each other, again quietly settled at the cottage; and if not pursuing their usual studies with quite so much vigour as when they first came to Barton, at least planning a vigorous prosecution of them in future.
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15  Marianne had now been brought by degrees, so much into the habit of going out every day, that it was become a matter of indifference to her, whether she went or not: and she prepared quietly and mechanically for every evening's engagement, though without expecting the smallest amusement from any, and very often without knowing, till the last moment, where it was to take her.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 36
16  She speedily comprehended all his merits; the persuasion of his regard for Elinor perhaps assisted her penetration; but she really felt assured of his worth: and even that quietness of manner, which militated against all her established ideas of what a young man's address ought to be, was no longer uninteresting when she knew his heart to be warm and his temper affectionate.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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