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1  Her friend was not in better spirits than herself.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
2  A friend of mine and I had such a lovely cruise together off the Western Islands.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
3  To Lady Russell, indeed, she was a most dear and highly valued god-daughter, favourite, and friend.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
4  Captain Wentworth turned in to call on his friend; the others walked on, and he was to join them on the Cobb.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11
5  This friend, and Sir Walter, did not marry, whatever might have been anticipated on that head by their acquaintance.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
6  So ended all danger to Anne of meeting Captain Wentworth at Kellynch Hall, or of seeing him in company with her friend.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13
7  She was certainly not a woman of family, but well educated, accomplished, rich, and excessively in love with his friend.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15
8  We should all have liked her a great deal better; and papa and mamma always think it was her great friend Lady Russell's doing, that she did not.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 10
9  She could only resolve to avoid such self-delusion in future, and think with heightened gratitude of the extraordinary blessing of having one such truly sympathising friend as Lady Russell.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6
10  He was cut short by the eager attacks of the little boys, clinging to him like an old friend, and declaring he should not go; and being too much engrossed by proposals of carrying them away in his coat pockets, &c.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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11  A letter from his friend, Captain Harville, having found him out at last, had brought intelligence of Captain Harville's being settled with his family at Lyme for the winter; of their being therefore, quite unknowingly, within twenty miles of each other.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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12  Without emulating the feelings of an Emma towards her Henry, she would have attended on Louisa with a zeal above the common claims of regard, for his sake; and she hoped he would not long be so unjust as to suppose she would shrink unnecessarily from the office of a friend.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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13  Lady Russell was fond of Bath, in short, and disposed to think it must suit them all; and as to her young friend's health, by passing all the warm months with her at Kellynch Lodge, every danger would be avoided; and it was in fact, a change which must do both health and spirits good.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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14  His acquittal was complete, his friendship warmly honoured, a lively interest excited for his friend, and his description of the fine country about Lyme so feelingly attended to by the party, that an earnest desire to see Lyme themselves, and a project for going thither was the consequence.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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15  The nights were too dark for the ladies to meet again till the morrow, but Captain Harville had promised them a visit in the evening; and he came, bringing his friend also, which was more than had been expected, it having been agreed that Captain Benwick had all the appearance of being oppressed by the presence of so many strangers.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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16  She had, however, one very intimate friend, a sensible, deserving woman, who had been brought, by strong attachment to herself, to settle close by her, in the village of Kellynch; and on her kindness and advice, Lady Elliot mainly relied for the best help and maintenance of the good principles and instruction which she had been anxiously giving her daughters.
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17  Herself the widow of only a knight, she gave the dignity of a baronet all its due; and Sir Walter, independent of his claims as an old acquaintance, an attentive neighbour, an obliging landlord, the husband of her very dear friend, the father of Anne and her sisters, was, as being Sir Walter, in her apprehension, entitled to a great deal of compassion and consideration under his present difficulties.
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