| 1 | ->"Upon the whole, however, I am quite vain enough and well satisfied enough. The work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling; it wants [[DarkerAndEdgier shade]]; it wants to be stretched out here and there with a long chapter of sense, if it could be had; if not, of [[ContemplateOurNavels solemn specious nonsense]], about something [[FauxlosophicNarration unconnected with the story]]; an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonaparté, or anything that would [[MoodWhiplash form a contrast]], and bring the reader with [[EmotionalTorque increased delight]] to the playfulness and epigrammatism of the general style." |
| 2 | -->'''[[http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/auslet22.html#letter125 Jane Austen]]''' |
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| 4 | ->"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." |
| 5 | -->''The Opening Line'' |
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| 7 | ->"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." |
| 8 | -->''Darcy's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove'' |
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