WOULD HAVE BEEN in Classic Quotes

1  His revenge would have been complete indeed.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 35

2  "Perhaps it would have been better," replied her sister.

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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47

3  The death of your daughter would have been a blessing in comparison of this.

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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 48

4  She says Lizzy had better have taken Mr. Collins; but I do not think there would have been any fun in it.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 39

5  No; it would have been strange if they had; but I make no doubt they often talk of it between themselves.

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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 40

6  They were forced to conclude that he had no pleasing intelligence to send; but even of that they would have been glad to be certain.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 48

7  The journey would moreover give her a peep at Jane; and, in short, as the time drew near, she would have been very sorry for any delay.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27

8  Her heart had been but slightly touched, and her vanity was satisfied with believing that she would have been his only choice, had fortune permitted it.

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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26

9  Though Mr. Bennet was not imagined to be very rich, he would have been able to do something for him, and his situation must have been benefited by marriage.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 52

10  You would have been less amiable in my eyes had there not been this little unwillingness; but allow me to assure you, that I have your respected mother's permission for this address.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19

11  Elizabeth was surprised, however, that Wickham should consent to such a scheme, and had she consulted only her own inclination, any meeting with him would have been the last object of her wishes.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 50

12  To be sure, it would have been more for the advantage of conversation had Miss Lydia Bennet come upon the town; or, as the happiest alternative, been secluded from the world, in some distant farmhouse.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 50

13  This information, however, startled Mrs. Bennet; she would have been glad to be equally satisfied that her daughter had meant to encourage him by protesting against his proposals, but she dared not believe it, and could not help saying so.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20

14  Elizabeth could not see Lady Catherine without recollecting that, had she chosen it, she might by this time have been presented to her as her future niece; nor could she think, without a smile, of what her ladyship's indignation would have been.

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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37

15  Had she found Jane in any apparent danger, Mrs. Bennet would have been very miserable; but being satisfied on seeing her that her illness was not alarming, she had no wish of her recovering immediately, as her restoration to health would probably remove her from Netherfield.

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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9

16  Her tour to the Lakes was now the object of her happiest thoughts; it was her best consolation for all the uncomfortable hours which the discontentedness of her mother and Kitty made inevitable; and could she have included Jane in the scheme, every part of it would have been perfect.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 42

17  If there had not been a Netherfield ball to prepare for and talk of, the younger Miss Bennets would have been in a very pitiable state at this time, for from the day of the invitation, to the day of the ball, there was such a succession of rain as prevented their walking to Meryton once.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17