FORTNIGHT in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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1 She has known him only a fortnight.
2 A fortnight's acquaintance is certainly very little.
3 One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight.
4 In this quiet way, the first fortnight of her visit soon passed away.
5 If you'll believe me, I did not once put my foot out of doors, though I was there a fortnight.
6 Mr. Wickham had received his commission before he left London, and he was to join his regiment at the end of a fortnight.
7 After the first fortnight or three weeks of her absence, health, good humour, and cheerfulness began to reappear at Longbourn.
8 About a month ago I received this letter; and about a fortnight ago I answered it, for I thought it a case of some delicacy, and requiring early attention.
9 Mr. Collins returned most punctually on Monday fortnight, but his reception at Longbourn was not quite so gracious as it had been on his first introduction.
10 It was a fortnight since Mrs. Bennet had been downstairs; but on this happy day she again took her seat at the head of her table, and in spirits oppressively high.
11 Only think of its being three months," she cried, "since I went away; it seems but a fortnight I declare; and yet there have been things enough happened in the time.
12 She had got rid of two of the secrets which had weighed on her for a fortnight, and was certain of a willing listener in Jane, whenever she might wish to talk again of either.
13 She was more alive to the disgrace which her want of new clothes must reflect on her daughter's nuptials, than to any sense of shame at her eloping and living with Wickham a fortnight before they took place.
14 The time fixed for the beginning of their northern tour was now fast approaching, and a fortnight only was wanting of it, when a letter arrived from Mrs. Gardiner, which at once delayed its commencement and curtailed its extent.
15 After waiting at home every morning for a fortnight, and inventing every evening a fresh excuse for her, the visitor did at last appear; but the shortness of her stay, and yet more, the alteration of her manner would allow Jane to deceive herself no longer.