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1 Her manners were attaching, and soon banished his reserve.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 3
2 He received the kindest welcome from her; and shyness, coldness, reserve could not stand against such a reception.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 17
3 She could not be silent when such points were introduced, and she had neither shyness nor reserve in their discussion.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 10
4 Elinor needed little observation to perceive that her reserve was a mere calmness of manner with which sense had nothing to do.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 11
5 His manners, though serious, were mild; and his reserve appeared rather the result of some oppression of spirits than of any natural gloominess of temper.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 10
6 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 SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 27
7 Marianne's indignation burst forth as soon as he quitted the room; and as her vehemence made reserve impossible in Elinor, and unnecessary in Mrs. Jennings, they all joined in a very spirited critique upon the party.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 37
8 His coldness and reserve mortified her severely; she was vexed and half angry; but resolving to regulate her behaviour to him by the past rather than the present, she avoided every appearance of resentment or displeasure, and treated him as she thought he ought to be treated from the family connection.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 16
9 But they would have been improved by some share of his frankness and warmth; and her visit was long enough to detract something from their first admiration, by shewing that, though perfectly well-bred, she was reserved, cold, and had nothing to say for herself beyond the most common-place inquiry or remark.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 6