Jane Austen Quotes Flashcards

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The _________ of her life was to get her daughters married; it’s ______ was visiting and _____.

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business, solace, news

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that the experience of three and twenty years had been ___________ to make his wife understand his __________.

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insufficient, character

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“I am not _____; for though I am the youngest, I’m the ______”

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afraid, tallest

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and the report which was in general ___________ within ____ minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year.

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circulation, five

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He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely ________

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agreeable

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His ________ was decided. He was the ________, most _________ man in the world.

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character, proudest, disagreeable

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Jane was as much _______ by this, as her ______could be, though in a quieter way

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gratified, mother

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and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then _____ him from having a most ________, disagreeable __________.

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save, forbidding, countenance

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Bingley was ____ of being liked wherever he appeared, Darcy was continually giving ______.

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sure, offence

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The eldest of them a ________, intelligent young woman, about twenty-seven was Elizabeth’s ________ friend.

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sensible, intimate

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“His pride,” said Miss Lucas, “does not offend me so much as pride often does, because there is an ______ for it.”

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excuse

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“When she is ______ of him, there will be _______ for falling in love as much as she _______.”

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secure, leisure, chuses

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“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of _______.” - Charlotte Lucas

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chance

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“You will have a _______ mother-in-law, indeed, and of course she will be always at Pemberley with you.”

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charming

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“From all that I can collect from your ________ of talking, you must be two of the ______ girls in the country”.

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manner, silliest

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“No, my dear, you had better go on horseback, because it seems ____ to ____; and then you must stay the night.”

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likely, rain

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Other books were produced, and after some deliberation he chose ________ Sermons.

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Fordyce’s

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her mother ________ her to the door with many _______ ____________ of a bad day. Her _____ were answered; Jane had not been long before it ______ hard.

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attended, cheerful, prognostics, hopes, rained

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“Well, my dear […] if your daughter should have a __________ fit of _______, if she should die, […] it was all […] under your orders.”

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dangerous, illness