Sense and Sensibility

The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence...

When he gave his promise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his...

Margaret, the other sister, was a good humored, well disposed girl; but as she had already imbibed...

Well, then, let something be done for them; but that something need not be three thousand pounds....

Certainly not; but if you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid...

Certainly, returned Mrs. John Dashwood. But, however, one thing must be considered. When your...

This circumstance was a growing attachment between her eldest girl and the brother of Mrs. John...

Perhaps, said Marianne, I may consider it with some surprise. Edward is very amiable, and I love...

Do not be offended, Elinor, if my praise of him is not in every thing equal to your sense of his...

But, whatever might really be its limits, it was enough, when perceived by his sister, to make her...

Mr. John Dashwood told his mother again and again how exceedingly sorry he was that she had taken a...

The situation of the house was good. High hills rose immediately behind, and at no great distance...

Conversation however was not wanted, for Sir John was very chatty, and Lady Middleton had taken the...

Colonel Brandon, the friend of Sir John, seemed no more adapted by resemblance of manner to be his...

Mrs. Dashwood, who could not think a man five years younger than herself, so exceedingly ancient as...

It would be impossible, I know, replied Elinor, to convince you that a woman of seven and twenty...

Their visitors, except those from Barton Park, were not many; for, in spite of Sir Johns urgent...

She thanked him again and again; and, with a sweetness of address which always attended her,...

That is an expression, Sir John, said Marianne, warmly, which I particularly dislike. I abhor every...

Elinor, cried Marianne, is this fair. is this just. are my ideas so scanty. But I see what you...

Colonel Brandons partiality for Marianne, which had so early been discovered by his friends, now...

I do not dislike him. I consider him, on the contrary, as a very respectable man, who has every...

Mrs. Dashwood entered into all their feelings with a warmth which left her no inclination for...

I cannot agree with you there, said Elinor. There are inconveniences attending such feelings as...

You are mistaken, Elinor, said she warmly, in supposing I know very little of Willoughby. I have...

But, indeed, Elinor, it is Mariannes. I am almost sure it is, for I saw him cut it off. Last night...

By ten oclock the whole party was assembled at the park, where they were to breakfast. The morning...

Yes, yes, Mr. Impudence, I know that very well, and I was determined to find out where you had been...

She blushed at this hint; but it was even visibly gratifying to her; and after a ten minutes...

One evening in particular, about a week after Colonel Brandon left the country, his heart seemed...

Mrs. Dashwoods visit to Lady Middleton took place the next day, and two of her daughters went with...

But whatever might be the particulars of their separation, her sisters affliction was indubitable;...

Not entirely. It may be proper to conceal their engagement if they are engaged from Mrs. Smith and...

You speak very properly. Willoughby certainly does not deserve to be suspected. Though we have not...

Remember, Elinor, said she, how very often Sir John fetches our letters himself from the post, and...

Amongst the objects in the scene, they soon discovered an animated one; it was a man on horseback...

Marianne, cried her sister, how can you say so. How can you be so unjust. They are a very...

And yet two thousand a year is a very moderate income, said Marianne. A family cannot well be...

But I thought it was right, Elinor, said Marianne, to be guided wholly by the opinion of other...

He joined her and Marianne in the breakfast room the next morning before the others were down; and...

Marianne spoke inconsiderately what she really felt but when she saw how much she had pained...

I do not doubt it, replied he, rather astonished at her earnestness and warmth; for had he not...

This desponding turn of mind, though it could not be communicated to Mrs. Dashwood, gave additional...

Elinor was obliged to turn from her, in the middle of her story, to receive the rest of the party;...

Oh. dear, how beautiful these are. Well. how delightful. Do but look, mama, how sweet. I declare...

Not go to town. cried Mrs. Palmer, with a laugh, I shall be quite disappointed if you do not. I...

But indeed you must and shall come. I am sure you will like it of all things. The Westons will be...

You surprise me very much. Colonel Brandon tell you of it. Surely you must be mistaken. To give...

Yes, a great while; ever since my sister married. He was a particular friend of Sir Johns. I...

But Sir John could not prevail. He could only obtain a promise of their calling at the Park within...

A short pause succeeded this speech, which was first broken by Miss Steele, who seemed very much...

Twill be a fine thing to have her married so young to be sure, said she, and I hear he is quite a...

Lucy was naturally clever; her remarks were often just and amusing; and as a companion for half an...

What felt Elinor at that moment. Astonishment, that would have been as painful as it was strong,...

No; considering our situation, it was not strange. Our first care has been to keep the matter...

I was afraid you would think I was taking a great liberty with you, said she, in telling you all...

Writing to each other, said Lucy, returning the letter into her pocket, is the only comfort we have...

The necessity of concealing from her mother and Marianne, what had been entrusted in confidence to...

I am glad, said Lady Middleton to Lucy, you are not going to finish poor little Annamarias basket...

Elinor joyfully profited by the first of these proposals, and thus by a little of that address...

Edwards love for me, said Lucy, has been pretty well put to the test, by our long, very long...

I will honestly tell you of one scheme which has lately come into my head, for bringing matters to...

Tis because you are an indifferent person, said Lucy, with some pique, and laying a particular...

The visit of the Miss Steeles at Barton Park was lengthened far beyond what the first invitation...

Mrs. Jennings repeated her assurance that Mrs. Dashwood could spare them perfectly well; and...

Elinor had often wished for an opportunity of attempting to weaken her mothers dependence on the...

They were three days on their journey, and Mariannes behaviour as they travelled was a happy...

It was too great a shock to be borne with calmness, and she immediately left the room. Elinor was...

After her entrance, Colonel Brandon became more thoughtful and silent than he had been before, and...

How odd, indeed. repeated Elinor within herself, regarding her sister with uneasiness. If she had...

Dont you find it colder than it was in the morning, Elinor. There seems to me a very decided...

Mrs. Jennings soon appeared, and the note being given her, she read it aloud. It was from Lady...

Her letter was scarcely finished, when a rap foretold a visitor, and Colonel Brandon was announced....

They arrived in due time at the place of destination, and as soon as the string of carriages before...

He made no reply; his complexion changed and all his embarrassment returned; but as if, on catching...

Before the housemaid had lit their fire the next day, or the sun gained any power over a cold,...

Elinor, though never less disposed to speak than at that moment, obliged herself to answer such an...

In her earnest meditations on the contents of the letter, on the depravity of that mind which could...

I cannot express my disappointment in having missed you the day before yesterday, nor my...

No, no, cried Marianne, misery such as mine has no pride. I care not who knows that I am wretched....

How is she, Miss Dashwood. Poor thing. she looks very bad. No wonder. Ay, it is but too true. He is...

I never heard any harm of her; indeed I hardly ever heard her mentioned; except that Mrs. Taylor...

Elinor, for her sisters sake, could not press the subject farther, and she hoped it was not...

Mrs. Jennings, though regretting that she had not been five minutes earlier, was satisfied with the...

Elinor encouraged her as much as possible to talk of what she felt; and before breakfast was ready,...

The event proved her conjecture right, though it was founded on injustice and error; for Colonel...

He could say no more, and rising hastily walked for a few minutes about the room. Elinor, affected...

I could meet him no other way. Eliza had confessed to me, though most reluctantly, the name of her...

Marianne had promised to be guided by her mothers opinion, and she submitted to it therefore...

The calm and polite unconcern of Lady Middleton on the occasion was a happy relief to Elinors...

I should have been quite disappointed if I had not found you here still, said she repeatedly, with...

On ascending the stairs, the Miss Dashwoods found so many people before them in the room, that...

I am extremely glad to hear it, upon my word; extremely glad indeed. But so it ought to be; they...

Not so large, I dare say, as many people suppose. I do not mean to complain, however; it is...

She seems a most valuable woman indeed. Her house, her style of living, all bespeak an exceeding...

I shall have a charming account to carry to Fanny, said he, as he walked back with his sister. Lady...

The Dashwoods were so prodigiously delighted with the Middletons, that, though not much in the...

Elinor could have given her immediate relief by suggesting the possibility of its being Miss...

Lucy, who was hardly less anxious to please one parent than the other, thought the boys were both...

Fanny looked very angry too, and her husband was all in a fright at his sisters audacity. Elinor...

My dear friend, cried Lucy, as soon as they were by themselves, I come to talk to you of my...

But Elinor had more to do; and so anxious was she, for his sake and her own, to do it well, that...

Not so, indeed; for, seriously speaking, I am very sure that conscience only kept Edward from...

This event, highly important to Mrs. Jenningss happiness, produced a temporary alteration in the...

To her dress and appearance she was grown so perfectly indifferent, as not to bestow half the...

For my own part, said he, I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so...

Mr. Dashwood was convinced. He saw the necessity of inviting the Miss Steeles immediately, and his...

Something so strange. But you shall hear it all. When I got to Mr. Palmers, I found Charlotte quite...

She was very far from wishing to dwell on her own feelings, or to represent herself as suffering...

I understand you. You do not suppose that I have ever felt much. For four months, Marianne, I have...

All this, however, he continued, was urged in vain. Edward said very little; but what he did say,...

If he would only have done as well by himself, said John Dashwood, as all his friends were disposed...

An intimate acquaintance of Mrs. Jennings joined them soon after they entered the Gardens, and...

How. cried Elinor; have you been repeating to me what you only learnt yourself by listening at the...

Wait for his having a living. ay, we all know how that will end. they will wait a twelvemonth, and...

Ah. Colonel, I do not know what you and I shall do without the Miss Dashwoods; was Mrs. Jenningss...

Elinors astonishment at this commission could hardly have been greater, had the Colonel been really...

Opportunity. repeated Mrs. Jennings Oh. as to that, when a man has once made up his mind to such a...

I have just been thinking of Bettys sister, my dear. I should be very glad to get her so good a...

What Edward felt, as he could not say it himself, it cannot be expected that any one else should...

Indeed, replied Elinor, I believe that you will find him, on farther acquaintance, all that you...

Aye, aye, the parsonage is but a small one, said she, after the first ebullition of surprise and...

Fanny is in her own room, I suppose, said he. I will go to her presently, for I am sure she will...

But why should such precaution be used. Though it is not to be supposed that Mrs. Ferrars can have...

Elinor, while she waited in silence and immovable gravity, the conclusion of such folly, could not...

Very early in April, and tolerably early in the day, the two parties from Hanover Square and...

In such moments of precious, invaluable misery, she rejoiced in tears of agony to be at Cleveland;...

Elinor had seen so little of Mr. Palmer, and in that little had seen so much variety in his address...

Poor Marianne, languid and low from the nature of her malady, and feeling herself universally ill,...

The repose of the latter became more and more disturbed; and her sister, who watched, with...

She was on the point of sending again for Mr. Harris, or if he could not come, for some other...

She continued by the side of her sister, with little intermission the whole afternoon, calming...

Elinor, starting back with a look of horror at the sight of him, obeyed the first impulse of her...

I do not know, said he, after a pause of expectation on her side, and thoughtfulness on his own,...

Your indifference, however, towards that unfortunate girl I must say it, unpleasant to me as the...

Even so. You would be surprised to hear how often I watched you, how often I was on the point of...

Will you repeat to your sister when she is recovered, what I have been telling you. Let me be a...

Willoughby, he, whom only half an hour ago she had abhorred as the most worthless of men,...

You are never like me, dear Elinor, or I should wonder at your composure now. Had I sat down to...

Oh. my love, I could not then talk of hope to him or to myself. Marianne might at that moment be...

Mrs. Dashwood, not less watchful of what passed than her daughter, but with a mind very differently...

When the weather is settled, and I have recovered my strength, said she, we will take long walks...

Yes. My peace of mind is doubly involved in it; for not only is it horrible to suspect a person,...

Elinor, dreading her being tired, led her towards home; and till they reached the door of the...

You consider the matter, said Elinor, exactly as a good mind and a sound understanding must...

Margaret returned, and the family were again all restored to each other, again quietly settled at...

Mrs. Dashwood now looked at her daughter; but Elinor knew better than to expect them. She...

Elinor flattered herself that some one of their connections in London would write to them to...

Marianne had retreated as much as possible out of sight, to conceal her distress; and Margaret,...

How soon he had walked himself into the proper resolution, however, how soon an opportunity of...