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1  Robert's offence was unpardonable, but Lucy's was infinitely worse.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 49
2  She taxed me with the offence at once, and my confusion may be guessed.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 44
3  Elinor gloried in his integrity; and Marianne forgave all his offences in compassion for his punishment.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 38
4  Excuse me," said she; "and be assured that I meant no offence to you, by speaking, in so quiet a way, of my own feelings.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
5  Marianne severely censured herself for what she had said; but her own forgiveness might have been more speedy, had she known how little offence it had given her sister.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 18
6  It was forwarded to me from Delaford, and I received it on the very morning of our intended party to Whitwell; and this was the reason of my leaving Barton so suddenly, which I am sure must at the time have appeared strange to every body, and which I believe gave offence to some.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 31
7  He said much of his earnest desire of their living in the most sociable terms with his family, and pressed them so cordially to dine at Barton Park every day till they were better settled at home, that, though his entreaties were carried to a point of perseverance beyond civility, they could not give offence.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
8  But Elinor had no such dependence; for since Edward would still be unable to marry Miss Morton, and his chusing herself had been spoken of in Mrs. Ferrars's flattering language as only a lesser evil than his chusing Lucy Steele, she feared that Robert's offence would serve no other purpose than to enrich Fanny.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 49
9  But perseverance in humility of conduct and messages, in self-condemnation for Robert's offence, and gratitude for the unkindness she was treated with, procured her in time the haughty notice which overcame her by its graciousness, and led soon afterwards, by rapid degrees, to the highest state of affection and influence.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 50