Marriage
- Pg 4 - ‘It is the truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good
fortune, must be in want of a wife’
- Pg 5 - ‘The business of her life was to get her daughters married’
- Pg 8 - ‘and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing left to wish for’
- Pg 15 - ‘If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she
may lose the opportunity of fixing him’
- Pg 15 - ‘If I were determined to get a rich husband, or any husband, I dare say I should
adopt it’
- Pg 16 - ‘Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance’
- Pg 16 - ‘it is better to know as little as possible of the defect of the person with whom you
are to pass your life’
- Pg 20 - ‘If your daughter should have a dangerous fit of illness- if she should die [...] it
was all in pursuit of Mr. Bingley, under your orders’
- Pg 22 - ‘if they had enough uncles to fill all Cheapside,” cried Bingley, “it would not make
them one jot less agreeable” “But it must very materially lessen their chance of marrying
men of any consideration in the world’
- Pg 37 - ‘did not doubt in due time disposed of in marriage’ - book context - Mr Collins
- Pg 39 - ‘for else they will be destitute enough’
- Pg 44 - ‘Mrs Bennet treasured up the hint, and trusted that she might soon have two
daughters married’
- Pg 55 - ‘as Jane marrying so greatly must throw them in the way of other rich men’
- Pg 57 - ‘the delightful persuasion that [...] she should undoubtedly see her daughter
settled at Netherfield’
- Pg 57 - ‘Of having another daughter married to Mr. Collins, she thought with [...]
pleasure’
- Pg 58 - ‘every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of
matrimony in his parish’
- Pg 59 - ‘am very sensible to the honour of your proposals, but it is impossible for me to
do otherwise than to decline them’
- Pg 60 - ‘in spite of your manifold attractions, it is by no means certain that another offer
of marriage may ever be made you’
- Pg 61 - ‘you must come and make Lizzy marry Mr. Collins, for she vows she will not
have him’
- Pg 62 - ‘if you [...] go on refusing every offer of marriage in this way, you will never get a
husband - and I am sure I do not know who is to maintain you when your father is dead’
- Pg 70 - ‘the comfort of having a daughter well married
- Pg 74 - ‘There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well’
- Pg 83 - ‘What is the difference in matrimonial affairs between the mercenary and the
prudent motive?’
- Pg 88 - ‘elder may not have the means or inclination to marry early’
- Pg 117 - 'Jane will be quite an old maid soon, I declare. She is almost three-and-twenty!
Lord, how ashamed I should be of not being married before three-and-twenty!’
, - Pg 181 - ‘Why he has four or five thousand a year, and very likely more’
- Pg 182 - ‘if you were to give me forty such men, I never could be so happy as you’ -
Lizzy does not view marriage as a necessity
- Pg 194 - ‘do anything rather than marry without affection’
- Pg 196 - ‘Let me not have the grief of seeing you unable to respect your partner in life.
You know not what you are about’
- Pg 196 - ‘Oh! My sweetest Lizzy! How rich and how great you will be! What pin-money,
what jewels, what carriages you will have! Jane’s is nothing to it- nothing at all. I am so
pleased- so happy’
- Pg 202 - ‘indignant on the marriage of her nephew’
Class
- Pg 15 - ‘If I were determined to get a rich husband, or any husband, I dare say I should
adopt it’
- Pg 22 - ‘the sisters, on hearing this, repeated three or four times [...] how shocking it was
to have a bad cold’
- Pg 22 - ‘if they had enough uncles to fill all Cheapside,” cried Bingley, “it would not make
them one jot less agreeable” “But it must very materially lessen their chance of marrying
men of any consideration in the world’
- Pg 39 - ‘for else they will be destitute enough’
- Pg 57 - ‘the delightful persuasion that [...] she should undoubtedly see her daughter
settled at Netherfield’
- Pg 58 - ‘every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of
matrimony in his parish’
- Pg 59 - ‘am very sensible to the honour of your proposals, but it is impossible for me to
do otherwise than to decline them’
- Pg 60 - ‘in spite of your manifold attractions, it is by no means certain that another offer
of marriage may ever be made you’
- Pg 60 - ‘your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of
your loveliness and amiable qualifications’
- Pg 65 - ‘We are not rich enough or grand enough for them’
- Pg 74 - ‘you shall not for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle
and integrity, nor endeavour to persuade yourself or me, that selfishness is prudence,
and insensibility of danger security for happiness’
- Pg 74 - ‘they may wish his increase of wealth and consequence; they may wish him to
marry a girl who has all the importance of money, great connections, and pride’
- Pg 81 - ‘the sudden acquisition of ten thousand pounds was the most remarkable charm
of the young lady to whom he [Wickham] was now rendering himself agreeable’
- Pg 83 - ‘What is the difference in matrimonial affairs between the mercenary and the
prudent motive?’
- Pg 83 - ‘a man in distressed circumstances has not time for all those elegant decorums
which other people may observe’
- Pg 88 - ‘No governess! How was that possible?’
- Pg 98 - ‘I may suffer from want of money. Younger sons cannot marry where they like.’
- Pg 4 - ‘It is the truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good
fortune, must be in want of a wife’
- Pg 5 - ‘The business of her life was to get her daughters married’
- Pg 8 - ‘and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing left to wish for’
- Pg 15 - ‘If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she
may lose the opportunity of fixing him’
- Pg 15 - ‘If I were determined to get a rich husband, or any husband, I dare say I should
adopt it’
- Pg 16 - ‘Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance’
- Pg 16 - ‘it is better to know as little as possible of the defect of the person with whom you
are to pass your life’
- Pg 20 - ‘If your daughter should have a dangerous fit of illness- if she should die [...] it
was all in pursuit of Mr. Bingley, under your orders’
- Pg 22 - ‘if they had enough uncles to fill all Cheapside,” cried Bingley, “it would not make
them one jot less agreeable” “But it must very materially lessen their chance of marrying
men of any consideration in the world’
- Pg 37 - ‘did not doubt in due time disposed of in marriage’ - book context - Mr Collins
- Pg 39 - ‘for else they will be destitute enough’
- Pg 44 - ‘Mrs Bennet treasured up the hint, and trusted that she might soon have two
daughters married’
- Pg 55 - ‘as Jane marrying so greatly must throw them in the way of other rich men’
- Pg 57 - ‘the delightful persuasion that [...] she should undoubtedly see her daughter
settled at Netherfield’
- Pg 57 - ‘Of having another daughter married to Mr. Collins, she thought with [...]
pleasure’
- Pg 58 - ‘every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of
matrimony in his parish’
- Pg 59 - ‘am very sensible to the honour of your proposals, but it is impossible for me to
do otherwise than to decline them’
- Pg 60 - ‘in spite of your manifold attractions, it is by no means certain that another offer
of marriage may ever be made you’
- Pg 61 - ‘you must come and make Lizzy marry Mr. Collins, for she vows she will not
have him’
- Pg 62 - ‘if you [...] go on refusing every offer of marriage in this way, you will never get a
husband - and I am sure I do not know who is to maintain you when your father is dead’
- Pg 70 - ‘the comfort of having a daughter well married
- Pg 74 - ‘There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well’
- Pg 83 - ‘What is the difference in matrimonial affairs between the mercenary and the
prudent motive?’
- Pg 88 - ‘elder may not have the means or inclination to marry early’
- Pg 117 - 'Jane will be quite an old maid soon, I declare. She is almost three-and-twenty!
Lord, how ashamed I should be of not being married before three-and-twenty!’
, - Pg 181 - ‘Why he has four or five thousand a year, and very likely more’
- Pg 182 - ‘if you were to give me forty such men, I never could be so happy as you’ -
Lizzy does not view marriage as a necessity
- Pg 194 - ‘do anything rather than marry without affection’
- Pg 196 - ‘Let me not have the grief of seeing you unable to respect your partner in life.
You know not what you are about’
- Pg 196 - ‘Oh! My sweetest Lizzy! How rich and how great you will be! What pin-money,
what jewels, what carriages you will have! Jane’s is nothing to it- nothing at all. I am so
pleased- so happy’
- Pg 202 - ‘indignant on the marriage of her nephew’
Class
- Pg 15 - ‘If I were determined to get a rich husband, or any husband, I dare say I should
adopt it’
- Pg 22 - ‘the sisters, on hearing this, repeated three or four times [...] how shocking it was
to have a bad cold’
- Pg 22 - ‘if they had enough uncles to fill all Cheapside,” cried Bingley, “it would not make
them one jot less agreeable” “But it must very materially lessen their chance of marrying
men of any consideration in the world’
- Pg 39 - ‘for else they will be destitute enough’
- Pg 57 - ‘the delightful persuasion that [...] she should undoubtedly see her daughter
settled at Netherfield’
- Pg 58 - ‘every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of
matrimony in his parish’
- Pg 59 - ‘am very sensible to the honour of your proposals, but it is impossible for me to
do otherwise than to decline them’
- Pg 60 - ‘in spite of your manifold attractions, it is by no means certain that another offer
of marriage may ever be made you’
- Pg 60 - ‘your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of
your loveliness and amiable qualifications’
- Pg 65 - ‘We are not rich enough or grand enough for them’
- Pg 74 - ‘you shall not for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle
and integrity, nor endeavour to persuade yourself or me, that selfishness is prudence,
and insensibility of danger security for happiness’
- Pg 74 - ‘they may wish his increase of wealth and consequence; they may wish him to
marry a girl who has all the importance of money, great connections, and pride’
- Pg 81 - ‘the sudden acquisition of ten thousand pounds was the most remarkable charm
of the young lady to whom he [Wickham] was now rendering himself agreeable’
- Pg 83 - ‘What is the difference in matrimonial affairs between the mercenary and the
prudent motive?’
- Pg 83 - ‘a man in distressed circumstances has not time for all those elegant decorums
which other people may observe’
- Pg 88 - ‘No governess! How was that possible?’
- Pg 98 - ‘I may suffer from want of money. Younger sons cannot marry where they like.’
