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1  Her folly, which now seemed even criminal, was all exposed to him, and he must despise her forever.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 25
2  No," said he, "my father's hands need not be strengthened, and Frederick's confession of folly need not be forestalled.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 26
3  The painful remembrance of the folly it had helped to nourish and perfect was the only emotion which could spring from a consideration of the building.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 26
4  You will soon hear enough from another quarter to know where lies the blame; and I hope will acquit your brother of everything but the folly of too easily thinking his affection returned.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 25
5  She was sick of exploring, and desired but to be safe in her own room, with her own heart only privy to its folly; and she was on the point of retreating as softly as she had entered, when the sound of footsteps, she could hardly tell where, made her pause and tremble.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 24
6  That she might not appear, however, to observe or expect him, she kept her eyes intently fixed on her fan; and a self-condemnation for her folly, in supposing that among such a crowd they should even meet with the Tilneys in any reasonable time, had just passed through her mind, when she suddenly found herself addressed and again solicited to dance, by Mr. Tilney himself.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10
7  Impatient to get rid of those hateful evidences of her folly, those detestable papers then scattered over the bed, she rose directly, and folding them up as nearly as possible in the same shape as before, returned them to the same spot within the cabinet, with a very hearty wish that no untoward accident might ever bring them forward again, to disgrace her even with herself.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 22