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1  They saw him step into his carriage, and in a minute it was out of sight.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 15
2  I have entered many a shop to avoid your sight, as the carriage drove by.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 44
3  The sight of your dear sister, however, was really dreadful; and, to heighten the matter, I found her alone.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 44
4  He drove through the park very fast, and they were soon out of sight; and nothing more of them was seen till their return, which did not happen till after the return of all the rest.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13
5  And for my part, I was all in a fright for fear your sister should ask us for the huswifes she had gave us a day or two before; but, however, nothing was said about them, and I took care to keep mine out of sight.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 38
6  At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
7  I shall call hills steep, which ought to be bold; surfaces strange and uncouth, which ought to be irregular and rugged; and distant objects out of sight, which ought only to be indistinct through the soft medium of a hazy atmosphere.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 18
8  Lodging as I did in Bond Street, there was hardly a day in which I did not catch a glimpse of one or other of you; and nothing but the most constant watchfulness on my side, a most invariably prevailing desire to keep out of your sight, could have separated us so long.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 44
9  Marianne had retreated as much as possible out of sight, to conceal her distress; and Margaret, understanding some part, but not the whole of the case, thought it incumbent on her to be dignified, and therefore took a seat as far from him as she could, and maintained a strict silence.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 48
10  Mrs. Dashwood, too happy to be comfortable, knew not how to love Edward, nor praise Elinor enough, how to be enough thankful for his release without wounding his delicacy, nor how at once to give them leisure for unrestrained conversation together, and yet enjoy, as she wished, the sight and society of both.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 49
11  In such circumstances, it was better for both that they should not be long together; and the restless state of Marianne's mind not only prevented her from remaining in the room a moment after she was dressed, but requiring at once solitude and continual change of place, made her wander about the house till breakfast time, avoiding the sight of every body.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 29
12  In the whole of her subsequent manner, she traced the direction of a mind awakened to reasonable exertion; for no sooner had they entered their common sitting-room, than Marianne turned her eyes around it with a look of resolute firmness, as if determined at once to accustom herself to the sight of every object with which the remembrance of Willoughby could be connected.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 46