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1 Elinor could not deny the truth of this, and she tried to find in it a motive sufficient for their silence.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 16
2 Edward was, of course, immediately convinced that nothing could have been more natural than Lucy's conduct, nor more self-evident than the motive of it.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 49
3 She expected from other people the same opinions and feelings as her own, and she judged of their motives by the immediate effect of their actions on herself.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 31
4 The motive was too common to be wondered at; but the means, however they might succeed by establishing his superiority in ill-breeding, were not likely to attach any one to him except his wife.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 20
5 Mrs. Dashwood was acting on motives of policy as well as pleasure in the frequency of her visits at Delaford; for her wish of bringing Marianne and Colonel Brandon together was hardly less earnest, though rather more liberal than what John had expressed.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 50
6 Some mothers might have encouraged the intimacy from motives of interest, for Edward Ferrars was the eldest son of a man who had died very rich; and some might have repressed it from motives of prudence, for, except a trifling sum, the whole of his fortune depended on the will of his mother.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 3
7 Elinor, pleased to have her governed for a moment by such a motive, though believing it hardly possible that she could sit out the dinner, said no more; and adjusting her dress for her as well as she could, while Marianne still remained on the bed, was ready to assist her into the dining room as soon as they were summoned to it.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 30