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JANE AUSTEN

As I read Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice on Amazon Digital Services, Inc.., I jotted down a few archaic expressions. I did not find it “insufferably tedious “to do so. I only hoped to be observant and useful in our group discussions.


witticisms

odious on letter writing

so very laudable in a precipitance

"Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intentions as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it?"

resented the indignity he had received, in an expostulation with her brother for talking such nonsense.

mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner


"Why, indeed; he does seem to have had some filial scruples on that head,

mention—she felt it incumbent on her to hint,

the utmost civility,

but did not suspect him of descending to such malicious revenge, such injustice, such inhumanity as this."

"He is a sweet-tempered, amiable, charming man.

A deeper shade of hauteur overspread his


shall speak in the very highest terms of your modesty, economy, and other amiable qualification."

mistaken for the affectation and coquetry of an elegant female.