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1  Colonel Brandon's horses were announced.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
2  Colonel Brandon alone, of all the party, heard her without being in raptures.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
3  I know very well that Colonel Brandon is not old enough to make his friends yet apprehensive of losing him in the course of nature.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
4  Colonel Brandon again repeated his sorrow at being the cause of disappointing the party; but at the same time declared it to be unavoidable.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
5  Colonel Brandon's partiality for Marianne, which had so early been discovered by his friends, now first became perceptible to Elinor, when it ceased to be noticed by them.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
6  Colonel Brandon, the friend of Sir John, seemed no more adapted by resemblance of manner to be his friend, than Lady Middleton was to be his wife, or Mrs. Jennings to be Lady Middleton's mother.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
7  The idea however started by her, was immediately pursued by Colonel Brandon, who was on every occasion mindful of the feelings of others; and much was said on the subject of rain by both of them.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
8  Colonel Brandon, unfortunately for himself, had no such encouragement to think only of Marianne, and in conversing with Elinor he found the greatest consolation for the indifference of her sister.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
9  Colonel Brandon is certainly younger than Mrs. Jennings, but he is old enough to be MY father; and if he were ever animated enough to be in love, must have long outlived every sensation of the kind.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
10  In Colonel Brandon alone, of all her new acquaintance, did Elinor find a person who could in any degree claim the respect of abilities, excite the interest of friendship, or give pleasure as a companion.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
11  Mrs. Jennings had been anxious to see Colonel Brandon well married, ever since her connection with Sir John first brought him to her knowledge; and she was always anxious to get a good husband for every pretty girl.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
12  I have three unanswerable reasons for disliking Colonel Brandon; he threatened me with rain when I wanted it to be fine; he has found fault with the hanging of my curricle, and I cannot persuade him to buy my brown mare.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
13  A party was formed this evening for going on the following day to see a very fine place about twelve miles from Barton, belonging to a brother-in-law of Colonel Brandon, without whose interest it could not be seen, as the proprietor, who was then abroad, had left strict orders on that head.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
14  There was nothing in any of the party which could recommend them as companions to the Dashwoods; but the cold insipidity of Lady Middleton was so particularly repulsive, that in comparison of it the gravity of Colonel Brandon, and even the boisterous mirth of Sir John and his mother-in-law was interesting.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
15  The sudden termination of Colonel Brandon's visit at the park, with his steadiness in concealing its cause, filled the mind, and raised the wonder of Mrs. Jennings for two or three days; she was a great wonderer, as every one must be who takes a very lively interest in all the comings and goings of all their acquaintance.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
16  She was remarkably quick in the discovery of attachments, and had enjoyed the advantage of raising the blushes and the vanity of many a young lady by insinuations of her power over such a young man; and this kind of discernment enabled her soon after her arrival at Barton decisively to pronounce that Colonel Brandon was very much in love with Marianne Dashwood.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
17  Elinor was obliged, though unwillingly, to believe that the sentiments which Mrs. Jennings had assigned him for her own satisfaction, were now actually excited by her sister; and that however a general resemblance of disposition between the parties might forward the affection of Mr. Willoughby, an equally striking opposition of character was no hindrance to the regard of Colonel Brandon.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
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