Emma

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed...

Her sister, though comparatively but little removed by matrimony, being settled in London, only...

Poor Mr. and Miss Woodhouse, if you please; but I cannot possibly say poor Miss Taylor. I have a...

Ever since the day about four years ago that Miss Taylor and I met with him in Broadway Lane, when,...

Mr. Weston was a native of Highbury, and born of a respectable family, which for the last two or...

Now, upon his fathers marriage, it was very generally proposed, as a most proper attention, that...

Mrs. Bates, the widow of a former vicar of Highbury, was a very old lady, almost past every thing...

Upon such occasions poor Mr. Woodhouses feelings were in sad warfare. He loved to have the cloth...

With this inspiriting notion, her questions increased in number and meaning; and she particularly...

You understand the force of influence pretty well, Harriet; but I would have you so firmly...

Mr. Knightleys air is so remarkably good that it is not fair to compare Mr. Martin with him. You...

Mr. Weston would undoubtedly support me, if he were here, for he thinks exactly as I do on the...

I have not a fault to find with her person, he replied. I think her all you describe. I love to...

Emma could not feel a doubt of having given Harriets fancy a proper direction and raised the...

Harriet was soon back again, and the proposal almost immediately made; and she had no scruples...

The same civilities and courtesies, the same success and satisfaction, took place on the morrow,...

This man is almost too gallant to be in love, thought Emma. I should say so, but that I suppose...

Oh. no, I am sure you are a great deal too kind to but if you would just advise me what I had best...

Thank you, thank you, my own sweet little friend. We will not be parted. A woman is not to marry a...

Harriet slept at Hartfield that night. For some weeks past she had been spending more than half her...

Not Harriets equal. exclaimed Mr. Knightley loudly and warmly; and with calmer asperity, added, a...

Emma made no answer, and tried to look cheerfully unconcerned, but was really feeling uncomfortable...

Mr. Knightley might quarrel with her, but Emma could not quarrel with herself. He was so much...

The speech was more to Emma than to Harriet, which Emma could understand. There was deep...

Dear Miss Woodhouse. and Dear Miss Woodhouse, was all that Harriet, with many tender embraces could...

Leave it to me. You do nothing. He will be here this evening, I dare say, and then I will give it...

The name makes me think of poor Isabella; for she was very near being christened Catherine after...

But they like it, papa; there is nothing they like so much. It is such enjoyment to them, that if...

Their road to this detached cottage was down Vicarage Lane, a lane leading at right angles from the...

If I know myself, Harriet, mine is an active, busy mind, with a great many independent resources;...

Anxious to separate herself from them as far as she could, she soon afterwards took possession of a...

Mr. Elton must now be left to himself. It was no longer in Emmas power to superintend his happiness...

Just as it should be, said Mr. John Knightley, and just as I hoped it was from your letters. Her...

Mr. Knightley was to dine with them rather against the inclination of Mr. Woodhouse, who did not...

My poor dear Isabella, said he, fondly taking her hand, and interrupting, for a few moments, her...

Ah. my poor dear child, the truth is, that in London it is always a sickly season. Nobody is...

This topic was discussed very happily, and others succeeded of similar moment, and passed away with...

There could hardly be a happier creature in the world than Mrs. John Knightley, in this short visit...

It is so cold, so very cold and looks and feels so very much like snow, that if it were to any...

I thank you; but I assure you you are quite mistaken. Mr. Elton and I are very good friends, and...

He has been used to her in these complaints, and I hope to morrow morning will bring us both a more...

The misfortune of Harriets cold had been pretty well gone through before her arrival. Mr. Woodhouse...

Emma liked the subject so well, that she began upon it, to Mrs. Weston, very soon after their...

My dearest Emma, do not pretend, with your sweet temper, to understand a bad one, or to lay down...

She had not time to know how Mr. Elton took the reproof, so rapidly did another subject succeed;...

Isabella turned to Mrs. Weston for her approbation of the plan. Mrs. Weston could only approve....

But Mr. Elton had only drunk wine enough to elevate his spirits, not at all to confuse his...

There she was welcomed, with the utmost delight, by her father, who had been trembling for the...

Perhaps it was not fair to expect him to feel how very much he was her inferior in talent, and all...

These days of confinement would have been, but for her private perplexities, remarkably...

It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple minded and ignorant; but she left her...

These feelings rapidly restored his comfort, while Mrs. Weston, of a more apprehensive disposition,...

No, said Emma, laughing; but perhaps there might be some made to his coming back again. Such...

Me. not at all, replied Mr. Knightley, rather displeased; I do not want to think ill of him. I...

She had had many a hint from Mr. Knightley and some from her own heart, as to her deficiency but...

My mothers deafness is very trifling you see just nothing at all. By only raising my voice, and...

And so she is to come to us next Friday or Saturday, and the Campbells leave town in their way to...

The affection of the whole family, the warm attachment of Miss Campbell in particular, was the more...

These were charming feelings but not lasting. Before she had committed herself by any public...

My dear papa, I sent the whole hind quarter. I knew you would wish it. There will be the leg to be...

A new neighbour for us all, Miss Woodhouse. said Miss Bates, joyfully; my mother is so pleased. she...

Emma, alone with her father, had half her attention wanted by him while he lamented that young...

Mr. Elton returned, a very happy man. He had gone away rejected and mortified disappointed in a...

Had it been allowable entertainment, had there been no pain to her friend, or reproach to herself,...

How dye do. how dye do. We have been sitting with your father glad to see him so well. Frank comes...

I told you yesterday, cried Mr. Weston with exultation, I told you all that he would be here before...

She had no doubt of what Mr. Weston was often thinking about. His quick eye she detected again and...

You are acquainted with Miss Jane Fairfax, sir, are you. said Mr. Woodhouse, always the last to...

Their first pause was at the Crown Inn, an inconsiderable house, though the principal one of the...

And now that I understand your question, I must pronounce it to be a very unfair one. It is always...

There appeared such a perfectly good understanding among them all he began rather quickly, but...

There was one person among his new acquaintance in Surry, not so leniently disposed. In general he...

You will make my excuses, my dear, as civilly as possible. You will say that I am quite an invalid,...

With Tuesday came the agreeable prospect of seeing him again, and for a longer time than hitherto;...

One can suppose nothing else, added Mrs. Cole, and I was only surprized that there could ever have...

No, I am sure it is not from the Campbells. Miss Fairfax knows it is not from the Campbells, or...

She saw that Enscombe could not satisfy, and that Highbury, taken at its best, might reasonably...

Well, said Mrs. Weston, smiling, you give him credit for more simple, disinterested benevolence in...

They combated the point some time longer in the same way; Emma rather gaining ground over the mind...

That fellow, said he, indignantly, thinks of nothing but shewing off his own voice. This must not...

Well, I always shall think that you play quite as well as she does, or that if there is any...

I do not believe any such thing, replied Emma. I am persuaded that you can be as insincere as your...

I declare I cannot recollect what I was talking of. Oh. my mothers spectacles. So very obliging of...

Conjecture aye, sometimes one conjectures right, and sometimes one conjectures wrong. I wish I...

And Miss Bates was obliged to give a direct answer before he would hear her in any thing else. The...

Frank Churchill had danced once at Highbury, and longed to dance again; and the last half hour of...

There is no denying it, he replied. I agree with you exactly. A crowd in a little room Miss...

From the very circumstance of its being larger, sir. We shall have no occasion to open the windows...

Emma was most happy to be called to such a council; and her father, engaging to think it all over...

Most cordially, when Miss Bates arrived, did she agree that it must. As a counsellor she was not...

Mrs. Weston added, that he could only allow himself time to hurry to Highbury, after breakfast, and...

He looked at her, as if wanting to read her thoughts. She hardly knew what to say. It seemed like...

Mr. Knightley, however, shewed no triumphant happiness. He could not say that he was sorry on his...

It was well to have a comfort in store on Harriets behalf, though it might be wise to let the fancy...

She could not enter the house again, could not be in the same room to which she had with such vain...

So extremely like Maple Grove. And it is not merely the house the grounds, I assure you, as far as...

She restrained herself, however, from any of the reproofs she could have given, and only thanked...

Well, my dear, he deliberately began, considering we never saw her before, she seems a very pretty...

I cannot think there is any danger of it, was Emmas calm answer and when you are better acquainted...

She must have some motive, more powerful than appears, for refusing this invitation, was Emmas...

In that respect how unlike dear Mrs. Elton, who wants to be wiser and wittier than all the world. I...

This is very true, said she, at least as far as relates to me, which was all that was meant and it...

When I talked of your being altered by time, by the progress of years, said John Knightley, I meant...

You are extremely kind, said Jane; but I cannot give up my early walk. I am advised to be out of...

If we were in the other room, said Emma, if I had my writing desk, I am sure I could produce a...

Excuse me, maam, but this is by no means my intention; I make no inquiry myself, and should be...

Mr. Weston meanwhile, perfectly unsuspicious of the indignation he was exciting, happy and cheerful...

Yes, upon my word, very considerable. Sixty five miles farther than from Maple Grove to London. But...

When Frank left us, continued he, it was quite uncertain when we might see him again, which makes...

There can be no doubt of your being much more engaged with company than you used to be. Witness...

It soon appeared that London was not the place for her. She could not endure its noise. Her nerves...

Emma perceived that her taste was not the only taste on which Mr. Weston depended, and felt, that...

So very obliging of you. No rain at all. Nothing to signify. I do not care for myself. Quite thick...

Mrs. Gilbert does not mean to dance, but there is a young lady disengaged whom I should be very...

I do own myself to have been completely mistaken in Mr. Elton. There is a littleness about him...

This was the amount of the whole story, of his communication and of Harriets as soon as she had...

She held the parcel towards her, and Emma read the words Most precious treasures on the top. Her...

She then took a longer time for consideration. Should she proceed no farther. should she let it...

He had walked up one day after dinner, as he very often did, to spend his evening at Hartfield....

Emma was pleased with the thought; and producing the box, the table was quickly scattered over with...

He had hoped she would speak again, but she did not. She would rather busy herself about any thing...

Is not this most vexatious, Knightley. she cried. And such weather for exploring. These delays and...

You will not find either, between Donwell and Highbury. Donwell Lane is never dusty, and now it is...

She felt all the honest pride and complacency which her alliance with the present and future...

Will you be so kind, said she, when I am missed, as to say that I am gone home. I am going this...

As soon as my aunt gets well, I shall go abroad, said he. I shall never be easy till I have seen...

Yes, you were very cross; and I do not know what about, except that you were too late for the best...

Understanding and gratification came together. It might be a very indifferent piece of wit, but...

They walked off, followed in half a minute by Mr. Knightley. Mr. Weston, his son, Emma, and...

The ladies were all at home. She had never rejoiced at the sound before, nor ever before entered...

Yes, all of us; Mrs. Elton would have us come. It was settled so, upon the hill, while we were...

There was nothing in all this either to astonish or interest, and it caught Emmas attention only as...

Emma could not regret her having gone to Miss Bates, but she wished she had left her ten minutes...

It was a more pressing concern to shew attention to Jane Fairfax, whose prospects were closing,...

Break it to me, cried Emma, standing still with terror. Good God. Mr. Weston, tell me at once....

You may well be amazed, returned Mrs. Weston, still averting her eyes, and talking on with...

Impropriety. Oh. Mrs. Weston it is too calm a censure. Much, much beyond impropriety. It has sunk...

Much, indeed. cried Emma feelingly. If a woman can ever be excused for thinking only of herself, it...

Upon my word, said Emma, I begin to doubt my having any such talent. Can you seriously ask me,...

Her own conduct, as well as her own heart, was before her in the same few minutes. She saw it all...

This was the conclusion of the first series of reflection. This was the knowledge of herself, on...

Mr. Weston had accompanied her to Mrs. Batess, and gone through his share of this essential...

The evening of this day was very long, and melancholy, at Hartfield. The weather added what it...

Time, my dearest Emma, time will heal the wound. Your own excellent sense your exertions for your...

He is a most fortunate man. returned Mr. Knightley, with energy. So early in life at three and...

While he spoke, Emmas mind was most busy, and, with all the wonderful velocity of thought, had been...

As long as Mr. Knightley remained with them, Emmas fever continued; but when he was gone, she began...

He trifles here, said he, as to the temptation. He knows he is wrong, and has nothing rational to...

Yes, certainly it does. He has had great faults, faults of inconsideration and thoughtlessness; and...

She had no difficulty in procuring Isabellas invitation; and she was fortunate in having a...