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1  All his wishes centered in domestic comfort and the quiet of private life.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
2  It was thus imparted to her, as soon as any opportunity of private conference between them occurred.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 45
3  He was proud of his conquest, proud of tricking Edward, and very proud of marrying privately without his mother's consent.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 50
4  The private balls at the park then began; and parties on the water were made and accomplished as often as a showery October would allow.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
5  When Robert first sought her acquaintance, and privately visited her in Bartlett's Buildings, it was only with the view imputed to him by his brother.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 50
6  Here they were interrupted by the entrance of a third person, and Elinor withdrew to think it all over in private, to wish success to her friend, and yet in wishing it, to feel a pang for Willoughby.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 45
7  And with this admirable discretion did she defer the assurance of her finding their mutual relatives more disagreeable than ever, and of her being particularly disgusted with his mother, till they were more in private.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 35
8  He was a blessing to all the juvenile part of the neighbourhood, for in summer he was for ever forming parties to eat cold ham and chicken out of doors, and in winter his private balls were numerous enough for any young lady who was not suffering under the unsatiable appetite of fifteen.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
9  The party, like other musical parties, comprehended a great many people who had real taste for the performance, and a great many more who had none at all; and the performers themselves were, as usual, in their own estimation, and that of their immediate friends, the first private performers in England.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 36