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p&p quotes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mrs reynold about mr darcy | 'he was always the sweetest-tempered, most generous-hearted boy in the world' |
| first impression of mr darcy (2 quotes) | 'his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity' 'his character was decided. he was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world' |
| mr darcy's money (2 quotes) | 'of his having ten thousand a year' -> 'he was looked at with great admiration' |
| mr darcys pride | 'she is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me' (with italics on me) |
| elizabeth influenced by wickham | 'thought him handsomer than ever as he expressed them [his feelings]' |
| mr wickham's deceit (3 quotes) | about mr darcy: 'the church ought to have been my profession' (italics on ought) 'i can never defy or expose him' about miss darcy; 'i wish i could call her amiable... but she is too much like her brother, - very, very proud.' |
| miss bingley being rude about elizabeth | to darcy- 'no conversation, no style, no taste, no beauty' |
| miss darcy (2 quotes) | 'she was only exceedingly shy' 'she is a handsome girl, about fifteen or sixteen, and i understand highly accomplished' |
| mr darcy proposing (2 quotes) | 'in vain i have struggled. it will not do.' 'you must allow me to tell you how ardently i admire and love you' |
| elizabeth rejecting darcy (3 quotes) | 'deeply-rooted dislike' 'roused to resentment' 'i have never desired your good opinion' |
| charlotte's attitudes to marriage (2 quotes) | 'considering mr collins's character, connections and situation in life' 'i am not romantic you know' |
| the bennets marriage | 'you have no compassion on my poor nerves. you take delight in vexing me' 'how can you be so tiresome' both mrs bennet |
| mr collins personality | 'altogether a mix of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility' |
| elizabeth's pride | 'i could easily forgive his pride, had he not mortified mine' |
| jane's attitude to marriage | 'do anything rather than marry without affection' |
| mr collins's proposal | 'almost as soon as i entered the house i singled you out as the companion of my future life' |
| lady catherine de bourgh's power (2 quotes) | 'whatever she said was spoken in so authoritative a tone, as marked her self importance' 'she was not used to having her judgement controverted' |
| mr bennet on marriage | 'let me not have the grief of seeing you unable to respect your partner in life' |
| elizabeth on marriage | 'i am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony' |