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1  She was persuaded by Lady Russell's countenance that she had seen him.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 20
2  This decision checked Mary's eagerness, and stopped her short in the midst of the Elliot countenance.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 14
3  As she joined him, Captain Harville's countenance re-assumed the serious, thoughtful expression which seemed its natural character.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23
4  Her countenance, perhaps, might express some watchfulness; but the praise of the fine mind did not appear to excite a thought in her sister.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16
5  Captain Harville was a tall, dark man, with a sensible, benevolent countenance; a little lame; and from strong features and want of health, looking much older than Captain Wentworth.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11
6  Anne replied, and spoke in defence of the performance so well, and yet in allowance for his feelings so pleasantly, that his countenance improved, and he replied again with almost a smile.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 20
7  He was shy, and disposed to abstraction; but the engaging mildness of her countenance, and gentleness of her manners, soon had their effect; and Anne was well repaid the first trouble of exertion.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11
8  Captain Benwick had been seen flying by their house, with a countenance which showed something to be wrong; and they had set off immediately, informed and directed as they passed, towards the spot.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 12
9  He was quite as good-looking as he had appeared at Lyme, his countenance improved by speaking, and his manners were so exactly what they ought to be, so polished, so easy, so particularly agreeable, that she could compare them in excellence to only one person's manners.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15