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Date: 1818

"That she might not appear, however, to observe or expect him, she kept her eyes intently fixed on her fan; and a self-condemnation for her folly, in supposing that among such a crowd they should even meet with the Tilneys in any reasonable time, had just passed through her mind, when she suddenl...

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1818

"You will allow, that in both, man has the advantage of choice, woman only the power of refusal; that in both, it is an engagement between man and woman, formed for the advantage of each; and that when once entered into, they belong exclusively to each other till the moment of its dissolution; th...

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1818

"Yet, though longing to make her acquainted with her happiness, she cheerfully submitted to the wish of Mr. Allen, which took them rather early away, and her spirits danced within her, as she danced in her chair all the way home."

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1818

"These painful ideas crossed her mind, though she said nothing."

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1818

"My dear Eleanor, the riot is only in your own brain."

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1818

"Catherine's understanding began to awake: an idea of the truth suddenly darted into her mind."

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1818

"Tilney says it is always the case with minds of a certain stamp."

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1818

"It was no wonder that the General should shrink from the sight of such objects as that room must contain; a room in all probability never entered by him since the dreadful scene had passed, which released his suffering wife, and left him to the stings of conscience."

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1818

"Astonishment and doubt first seized them; and a shortly succeeding ray of common sense added some bitter emotions of shame."

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1818

"Catherine's mind was too full, as she entered the house, for her either to observe or to say a great deal; and, till called on by the General for her opinion of it, she had very little idea of the room in which she was sitting."

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.