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1  Sir William had been delighted with him.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
2  Pray go to see them, with Sir William and Maria.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
3  She was to accompany Sir William and his second daughter.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
4  It was at Sir William Lucas's, where a large party were assembled.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
5  Sir William could not have interrupted two people in the room who had less to say for themselves.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
6  Elizabeth was determined; nor did Sir William at all shake her purpose by his attempt at persuasion.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
7  Sir William and Lady Lucas were speedily applied to for their consent; and it was bestowed with a most joyful alacrity.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
8  Sir William and Lady Lucas are determined to go, merely on that account, for in general, you know, they visit no newcomers.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
9  Mrs. Bennet was in fact too much overpowered to say a great deal while Sir William remained; but no sooner had he left them than her feelings found a rapid vent.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
10  Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune, and risen to the honour of knighthood by an address to the king during his mayoralty.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
11  Sir William Lucas, and his daughter Maria, a good-humoured girl, but as empty-headed as himself, had nothing to say that could be worth hearing, and were listened to with about as much delight as the rattle of the chaise.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
12  A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her, a month passed away before she could speak to Sir William or Lady Lucas without being rude, and many months were gone before she could at all forgive their daughter.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
13  At that moment, Sir William Lucas appeared close to them, meaning to pass through the set to the other side of the room; but on perceiving Mr. Darcy, he stopped with a bow of superior courtesy to compliment him on his dancing and his partner.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
14  The latter part of this address was scarcely heard by Darcy; but Sir William's allusion to his friend seemed to strike him forcibly, and his eyes were directed with a very serious expression towards Bingley and Jane, who were dancing together.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
15  Elizabeth was sitting with her mother and sisters, reflecting on what she had heard, and doubting whether she was authorised to mention it, when Sir William Lucas himself appeared, sent by his daughter, to announce her engagement to the family.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
16  Nothing less than the complaisance of a courtier could have borne without anger such treatment; but Sir William's good breeding carried him through it all; and though he begged leave to be positive as to the truth of his information, he listened to all their impertinence with the most forbearing courtesy.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
17  Lady Lucas began directly to calculate, with more interest than the matter had ever excited before, how many years longer Mr. Bennet was likely to live; and Sir William gave it as his decided opinion, that whenever Mr. Collins should be in possession of the Longbourn estate, it would be highly expedient that both he and his wife should make their appearance at St. James's.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
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