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1  Marianne's abilities were, in many respects, quite equal to Elinor's.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1
2  His abilities in every respect improve as much upon acquaintance as his manners and person.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
3  Willoughby was a young man of good abilities, quick imagination, lively spirits, and open, affectionate manners.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10
4  The dinner was a grand one, the servants were numerous, and every thing bespoke the Mistress's inclination for show, and the Master's ability to support it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 34
5  In the promotion of this object she was zealously active, as far as her ability reached; and missed no opportunity of projecting weddings among all the young people of her acquaintance.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 8
6  Like half the rest of the world, if more than half there be that are clever and good, Marianne, with excellent abilities and an excellent disposition, was neither reasonable nor candid.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 31
7  And as she could now have nothing more painful to hear on the subject than had already been told, she did not mistrust her own ability of going through a repetition of particulars with composure.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 23
8  In Colonel Brandon alone, of all her new acquaintance, did Elinor find a person who could in any degree claim the respect of abilities, excite the interest of friendship, or give pleasure as a companion.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
9  Willoughby was all that her fancy had delineated in that unhappy hour and in every brighter period, as capable of attaching her; and his behaviour declared his wishes to be in that respect as earnest, as his abilities were strong.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10