HALF in Classic Quotes

1  If she is half as sharp as her mother, she is saving enough.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 40

2  As the weather was fine, they had a pleasant walk of about half a mile across the park.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 29

3  She seldom listened to anybody for more than half a minute, and never attended to Mary at all.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 39

4  Could she have seen half as much love in Mr. Darcy for herself, she would have ordered her wedding clothes.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21

5  And with a bow to Mr. Darcy, he concluded his speech, which had been spoken so loud as to be heard by half the room.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18

6  It should not be said that the Miss Bennets could not be at home half a day before they were in pursuit of the officers.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 39

7  Lizzy is not a bit better than the others; and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1

8  She dared not relate the other half of Mr. Darcy's letter, nor explain to her sister how sincerely she had been valued by her friend.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 40

9  They soon outstripped the others, and when they had reached the carriage, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner were half a quarter of a mile behind.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 43

10  I assure you, that if Darcy were not such a great tall fellow, in comparison with myself, I should not pay him half so much deference.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 10

11  Lady Catherine listened to half a song, and then talked, as before, to her other nephew; till the latter walked away from her, and making with his usual deliberation towards the pianoforte stationed himself so as to command a full view of the fair performer's countenance.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 31

12  The happiness anticipated by Catherine and Lydia depended less on any single event, or any particular person, for though they each, like Elizabeth, meant to dance half the evening with Mr. Wickham, he was by no means the only partner who could satisfy them, and a ball was, at any rate, a ball.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 17

13  His own father did not long survive mine, and within half a year from these events, Mr. Wickham wrote to inform me that, having finally resolved against taking orders, he hoped I should not think it unreasonable for him to expect some more immediate pecuniary advantage, in lieu of the preferment, by which he could not be benefited.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 35

14  He now seated himself by her, and talked so agreeably of Kent and Hertfordshire, of travelling and staying at home, of new books and music, that Elizabeth had never been half so well entertained in that room before; and they conversed with so much spirit and flow, as to draw the attention of Lady Catherine herself, as well as of Mr. Darcy.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 31

15  In this perturbed state of mind, with thoughts that could rest on nothing, she walked on; but it would not do; in half a minute the letter was unfolded again, and collecting herself as well as she could, she again began the mortifying perusal of all that related to Wickham, and commanded herself so far as to examine the meaning of every sentence.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 36

16  Elizabeth's eyes were fixed on her with most painful sensations, and she watched her progress through the several stanzas with an impatience which was very ill rewarded at their close; for Mary, on receiving, amongst the thanks of the table, the hint of a hope that she might be prevailed on to favour them again, after the pause of half a minute began another.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18

17  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