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1  The character of his manner was embarrassment.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19
2  To pacify Mary, and perhaps screen her own embarrassment, Anne did move quietly to the window.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
3  She could not have called it either cold or friendly, or anything so certainly as embarrassed.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19
4  Situated as we are with Lady Dalrymple, cousins, we ought to be very careful not to embarrass her with acquaintance she might not approve.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18
5  As she spoke, she felt that Captain Wentworth was looking at her, the consciousness of which vexed and embarrassed her, and made her regret that she had said so much, simple as it was.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
6  They had previously known embarrassments enough to try the friendship of their friends, and to prove that Mr Elliot's had better not be tried; but it was not till his death that the wretched state of his affairs was fully known.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21
7  Their two confidential friends, Mr Shepherd, who lived in the neighbouring market town, and Lady Russell, were called to advise them; and both father and daughter seemed to expect that something should be struck out by one or the other to remove their embarrassments and reduce their expenditure, without involving the loss of any indulgence of taste or pride.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1