DISTRESS in Classic Quotes

1  Do not distress me by the idea.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24

2  You need not distress yourself.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 60

3  They will never be distressed for money.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 40

4  Our distress, my dear Lizzy, is very great.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 46

5  The first two dances, however, brought a return of distress; they were dances of mortification.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18

6  A man in distressed circumstances has not time for all those elegant decorums which other people may observe.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27

7  It distressed her a little, and she was quite glad to find herself at the gate in the pales opposite the Parsonage.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 33

8  Such were the gentle murmurs of Mrs. Bennet, and they gave way only to the greater distress of Mr. Bingley's continued absence.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23

9  Jane instantly gave a look at Elizabeth which spoke her distress at such premeditation, and her entreaty that she would not give in to it.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 55

10  She could neither wonder nor condemn, but the belief of his self-conquest brought nothing consolatory to her bosom, afforded no palliation of her distress.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 46

11  What he means to do I am sure I know not; but his excessive distress will not allow him to pursue any measure in the best and safest way, and Colonel Forster is obliged to be at Brighton again to-morrow evening.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 46

12  Be assured, my dear sir, that Mrs. Collins and myself sincerely sympathise with you and all your respectable family, in your present distress, which must be of the bitterest kind, because proceeding from a cause which no time can remove.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 48

13  Mr. Wickham was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation that he never again distressed himself, or provoked his dear sister Elizabeth, by introducing the subject of it; and she was pleased to find that she had said enough to keep him quiet.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 53

14  He readily assured her of his secrecy; again expressed his sorrow for her distress, wished it a happier conclusion than there was at present reason to hope, and leaving his compliments for her relations, with only one serious, parting look, went away.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 46

15  Wickham was not at all more distressed than herself, but his manners were always so pleasing, that had his character and his marriage been exactly what they ought, his smiles and his easy address, while he claimed their relationship, would have delighted them all.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 51

16  In Darcy's presence she dared not mention Wickham's name; but Elizabeth instantly comprehended that he was uppermost in her thoughts; and the various recollections connected with him gave her a moment's distress; but exerting herself vigorously to repel the ill-natured attack, she presently answered the question in a tolerably detached tone.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 45

17  Elizabeth was now most heartily sorry that she had, from the distress of the moment, been led to make Mr. Darcy acquainted with their fears for her sister; for since her marriage would so shortly give the proper termination to the elopement, they might hope to conceal its unfavourable beginning from all those who were not immediately on the spot.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 50