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1  Jane was so admired, nothing could be like it.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3

2  I often tell my other girls they are nothing to her.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9

3  Mr. Darcy said very little, and Mr. Hurst nothing at all.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7

4  The distance is nothing when one has a motive; only three miles.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7

5  She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8

6  You appear to me, Mr. Darcy, to allow nothing for the influence of friendship and affection.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 10

7  Mr. Hurst had therefore nothing to do, but to stretch himself on one of the sofas and go to sleep.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11

8  It amazes me, I confess; for, certainly, there can be nothing so advantageous to them as instruction.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 14

9  It certainly is a most iniquitous affair," said Mr. Bennet, "and nothing can clear Mr. Collins from the guilt of inheriting Longbourn.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13

10  Elizabeth did not quit her room for a moment; nor were the other ladies often absent; the gentlemen being out, they had, in fact, nothing to do elsewhere.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7

11  But he was set right there by Mrs. Bennet, who assured him with some asperity that they were very well able to keep a good cook, and that her daughters had nothing to do in the kitchen.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13

12  Their eyes were immediately wandering up in the street in quest of the officers, and nothing less than a very smart bonnet indeed, or a really new muslin in a shop window, could recall them.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15

13  They could talk of nothing but officers; and Mr. Bingley's large fortune, the mention of which gave animation to their mother, was worthless in their eyes when opposed to the regimentals of an ensign.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7

14  Your plan is a good one," replied Elizabeth, "where nothing is in question but the desire of being well married, and if I were determined to get a rich husband, or any husband, I dare say I should adopt it.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6

15  She longed to speak, but could think of nothing to say; and after a short silence Mrs. Bennet began repeating her thanks to Mr. Bingley for his kindness to Jane, with an apology for troubling him also with Lizzy.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9

16  Miss Bingley was engrossed by Mr. Darcy, her sister scarcely less so; and as for Mr. Hurst, by whom Elizabeth sat, he was an indolent man, who lived only to eat, drink, and play at cards; who, when he found her to prefer a plain dish to a ragout, had nothing to say to her.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8

17  He wisely resolved to be particularly careful that no sign of admiration should now escape him, nothing that could elevate her with the hope of influencing his felicity; sensible that if such an idea had been suggested, his behaviour during the last day must have material weight in confirming or crushing it.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 12