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1  Lady Middleton too, though she did not press their mother, pressed them.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
2  Lady Middleton too, though she did not press their mother, pressed them.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
3  This increased the mirth of the company, and Margaret was eagerly pressed to say something more.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 12
4  He saw her concern, and coming to her, took her hand, pressed it, and kissed it with grateful respect.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 31
5  Mrs. Jennings was so far from being weary of her guests, that she pressed them very earnestly to return with her again from Cleveland.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 39
6  She caught every syllable with panting eagerness; her hand, unknowingly to herself, closely pressed her sister's, and tears covered her cheeks.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 46
7  Elinor wished to talk of something else, but Lucy still pressed her to own that she had reason for her happiness; and Elinor was obliged to go on.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 35
8  Elinor, distressed by this charge of reserve in herself, which she was not at liberty to do away, knew not how, under such circumstances, to press for greater openness in Marianne.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 27
9  The horses arrived, even before they were expected, and Colonel Brandon only pressing her hand with a look of solemnity, and a few words spoken too low to reach her ear, hurried into the carriage.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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10  Elinor, for her sister's sake, could not press the subject farther, and she hoped it was not required of her for Willoughby's; since, though Marianne might lose much, he could gain very little by the enforcement of the real truth.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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11  Edward remained a week at the cottage; he was earnestly pressed by Mrs. Dashwood to stay longer; but, as if he were bent only on self-mortification, he seemed resolved to be gone when his enjoyment among his friends was at the height.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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12  She avoided the looks of them all, could neither eat nor speak, and after some time, on her mother's silently pressing her hand with tender compassion, her small degree of fortitude was quite overcome, she burst into tears and left the room.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 15
13  He really pressed them, with some earnestness, to consider Norland as their home; and, as no plan appeared so eligible to Mrs. Dashwood as remaining there till she could accommodate herself with a house in the neighbourhood, his invitation was accepted.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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14  He earnestly pressed her, after giving the particulars of the house and garden, to come with her daughters to Barton Park, the place of his own residence, from whence she might judge, herself, whether Barton Cottage, for the houses were in the same parish, could, by any alteration, be made comfortable to her.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
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15  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