1 It is not by equality of merit that you can be won.
2 You are infinitely my superior in merit; all that I know.
3 With him it is entirely a matter of feeling: he claims no merit in it; perhaps is entitled to none.
4 Mrs. Norris accepted the compliment, and admired the nice discernment of character which could so well distinguish merit.
5 It is he who sees and worships your merit the strongest, who loves you most devotedly, that has the best right to a return.
6 Well might his sister, believing as she really did that his opinion of Fanny Price was scarcely beyond her merits, rejoice in her prospects.
7 With so much true merit and true love, and no want of fortune and friends, the happiness of the married cousins must appear as secure as earthly happiness can be.
8 He had suspected his agent of some underhand dealing; of meaning to bias him against the deserving; and he had determined to go himself, and thoroughly investigate the merits of the case.
9 Her merit in being gifted by Nature with strength and courage was fully appreciated by the Miss Bertrams; her delight in riding was like their own; her early excellence in it was like their own, and they had great pleasure in praising it.
10 Here is a young man of sense, of character, of temper, of manners, and of fortune, exceedingly attached to you, and seeking your hand in the most handsome and disinterested way; and let me tell you, Fanny, that you may live eighteen years longer in the world without being addressed by a man of half Mr. Crawford's estate, or a tenth part of his merits.