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1  Marianne's countenance was more communicative.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 18
2  Elinor watched his countenance and saw its expression becoming more tranquil.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 28
3  Elinor could hardly keep her countenance as she assented to the hardship of such an obligation.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 20
4  Marianne remained perfectly silent, though her countenance betrayed her interest in what was said.
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5  His countenance was thoroughly good-humoured; and his manners were as friendly as the style of his letter.
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6  In about half an hour her mother returned, and though her eyes were red, her countenance was not uncheerful.
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7  "It is charming weather for THEM indeed," she continued, as she sat down to the breakfast table with a happy countenance.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 27
8  He turned round on their coming in, and his countenance shewed that he strongly partook of the emotion which over-powered Marianne.
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9  Elinor DID think the question a very odd one, and her countenance expressed it, as she answered that she had never seen Mrs. Ferrars.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 22
10  Lucy here looked up; but Elinor was careful in guarding her countenance from every expression that could give her words a suspicious tendency.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 24
11  At that moment she first perceived him, and her whole countenance glowing with sudden delight, she would have moved towards him instantly, had not her sister caught hold of her.
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12  As she said this, she looked earnestly at Lucy, hoping to discover something in her countenance; perhaps the falsehood of the greatest part of what she had been saying; but Lucy's countenance suffered no change.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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13  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
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14  Had not Elinor, in the sad countenance of her sister, seen a check to all mirth, she could have been entertained by Mrs. Jennings's endeavours to cure a disappointment in love, by a variety of sweetmeats and olives, and a good fire.
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15  Her complexion was sallow; and her features small, without beauty, and naturally without expression; but a lucky contraction of the brow had rescued her countenance from the disgrace of insipidity, by giving it the strong characters of pride and ill nature.
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16  It was late in the morning before they returned home; and no sooner had they entered the house than Marianne flew eagerly up stairs, and when Elinor followed, she found her turning from the table with a sorrowful countenance, which declared that no Willoughby had been there.
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17  His appearance however was not unpleasing, in spite of his being in the opinion of Marianne and Margaret an absolute old bachelor, for he was on the wrong side of five and thirty; but though his face was not handsome, his countenance was sensible, and his address was particularly gentlemanlike.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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