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1  His reading has done him no harm, for he has fought as well as read.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
2  His reading has done him no harm, for he has fought as well as read.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
3  He had never indulged much hope, he had now none, of ever reading her name in any other page of his favourite work.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
4  He is a clever man, a reading man; and I confess, that I do consider his attaching himself to her with some surprise.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 20
5  He considered his disposition as of the sort which must suffer heavily, uniting very strong feelings with quiet, serious, and retiring manners, and a decided taste for reading, and sedentary pursuits.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11
6  Captain Benwick listened attentively, and seemed grateful for the interest implied; and though with a shake of the head, and sighs which declared his little faith in the efficacy of any books on grief like his, noted down the names of those she recommended, and promised to procure and read them.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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7  The girls were now hunting for the Laconia; and Captain Wentworth could not deny himself the pleasure of taking the precious volume into his own hands to save them the trouble, and once more read aloud the little statement of her name and rate, and present non-commissioned class, observing over it that she too had been one of the best friends man ever had.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8