END in Classic Quotes

1  Miss Bingley's letter arrived, and put an end to doubt.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24

2  One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2

3  The letter, perhaps, began in bitterness, but it did not end so.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 58

4  And then, you know, when once they get together, there is no end of it.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 51

5  As all conversation was thereby at an end, Elizabeth soon afterwards left the room.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8

6  Mr. Wickham had received his commission before he left London, and he was to join his regiment at the end of a fortnight.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 51

7  As it happened that Elizabeth had much rather not, she endeavoured in her answer to put an end to every entreaty and expectation of the kind.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 61

8  The discussion of Mr. Collins's offer was now nearly at an end, and Elizabeth had only to suffer from the uncomfortable feelings necessarily attending it, and occasionally from some peevish allusions of her mother.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21

9  If you are not so compassionate as to dine to-day with Louisa and me, we shall be in danger of hating each other for the rest of our lives, for a whole day's tete-a-tete between two women can never end without a quarrel.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7

10  Her sister, however, assured her of her being perfectly well; and their conversation, which had been passing while Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner were engaged with their children, was now put an end to by the approach of the whole party.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 47

11  Mr. Collins, however, was not discouraged from speaking again, and Mr. Darcy's contempt seemed abundantly increasing with the length of his second speech, and at the end of it he only made him a slight bow, and moved another way.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18

12  Elizabeth allowed that he had given a very rational account of it, and they continued talking together, with mutual satisfaction till supper put an end to cards, and gave the rest of the ladies their share of Mr. Wickham's attentions.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16

13  Her father, captivated by youth and beauty, and that appearance of good humour which youth and beauty generally give, had married a woman whose weak understanding and illiberal mind had very early in their marriage put an end to all real affection for her.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 42

14  The sanguine hope of good, however, which the benevolence of her heart suggested had not yet deserted her; she still expected that it would all end well, and that every morning would bring some letter, either from Lydia or her father, to explain their proceedings, and, perhaps, announce their marriage.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 47

15  Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of her character in her reply to the letter which announced its arrangement, she sent him language so very abusive, especially of Elizabeth, that for some time all intercourse was at an end.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 61

16  Elizabeth, easy and unaffected, had been listened to with much more pleasure, though not playing half so well; and Mary, at the end of a long concerto, was glad to purchase praise and gratitude by Scotch and Irish airs, at the request of her younger sisters, who, with some of the Lucases, and two or three officers, joined eagerly in dancing at one end of the room.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6

17  Mr. Collins was not left long to the silent contemplation of his successful love; for Mrs. Bennet, having dawdled about in the vestibule to watch for the end of the conference, no sooner saw Elizabeth open the door and with quick step pass her towards the staircase, than she entered the breakfast-room, and congratulated both him and herself in warm terms on the happy prospect or their nearer connection.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 20