(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "You appear to me, Mr. Darcy, to allow nothing for the influence offriendship and affection.
Not to appear to disgrace his family,to degenerate from the popular qualities, or lose the influence of thePemberley House, is a powerful motive.
(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) When the dancing recommenced, however, and Darcy approached to claim herhand, Charlotte could not help cautioning her in a whisper, not to be asimpleton, and allow her fancy for Wickham to make her appear unpleasantin the eyes of a man ten times his consequence.
(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "His guilt and his descent appear by your account to be the same," saidElizabeth angrily; "for I have heard you accuse him of nothing worsethan of being the son of Mr. Darcy's steward, and of that, I canassure you, he informed me himself.
If what I have hitherto said can appear to you in the formof encouragement, I know not how to express my refusal in such a way asto convince you of its being one.
My reasons forbelieving it are briefly these: It does not appear to me that my hand isunworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer wouldbe any other than highly desirable.
Elizabethhad hoped that his resentment might shorten his visit, but his plan didnot appear in the least affected by it.
I cannotcatch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in theirconcerns, as I often see done.