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1  The anxious interval wore away unproductively.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 20
2  Miss Carteret was very anxious to have a general idea of what was next to be sung.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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3  But she was very anxious to have it done with the least possible pain to him and Elizabeth.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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4  Lady Russell was most anxiously zealous on the subject, and gave it much serious consideration.
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5  Everything was safe enough, and she smiled over the many anxious feelings she had wasted on the subject.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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6  The Musgroves are behaving like themselves, most honourably and kindly, only anxious with true parental hearts to promote their daughter's comfort.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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7  "Lady Dalrymple, Lady Dalrymple," was the rejoicing sound; and with all the eagerness compatible with anxious elegance, Sir Walter and his two ladies stepped forward to meet her.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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8  She could not, however, reach such a degree of certainty, as not to be anxious to hear whether anything had been said on the subject at the other house, where the Crofts had previously been calling.
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9  How to have this anxious business set to rights, and be admitted as cousins again, was the question: and it was a question which, in a more rational manner, neither Lady Russell nor Mr Elliot thought unimportant.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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10  She wished it might be possible for her to avoid ever seeing Captain Wentworth at the Hall: those rooms had witnessed former meetings which would be brought too painfully before her; but she was yet more anxious for the possibility of Lady Russell and Captain Wentworth never meeting anywhere.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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11  She had, however, one very intimate friend, a sensible, deserving woman, who had been brought, by strong attachment to herself, to settle close by her, in the village of Kellynch; and on her kindness and advice, Lady Elliot mainly relied for the best help and maintenance of the good principles and instruction which she had been anxiously giving her daughters.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1