HERTFORDSHIRE in Classic Quotes

1  He is not at all liked in Hertfordshire.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16

2  It is a proof of your own attachment to Hertfordshire.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 32

3  Caroline decidedly says that none of the party will return into Hertfordshire this winter.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21

4  Mr. Collins's return into Hertfordshire was no longer a matter of pleasure to Mrs. Bennet.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23

5  Of his former way of life nothing had been known in Hertfordshire but what he told himself.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 36

6  To persuade him against returning into Hertfordshire, when that conviction had been given, was scarcely the work of a moment.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 35

7  I had not been long in Hertfordshire, before I saw, in common with others, that Bingley preferred your elder sister to any other young woman in the country.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 35

8  Such was Miss Lucas's scheme; and appearances were so favourable, that when they parted at night, she would have felt almost secure of success if he had not been to leave Hertfordshire so very soon.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22

9  Mr. Collins returned into Hertfordshire soon after it had been quitted by the Gardiners and Jane; but as he took up his abode with the Lucases, his arrival was no great inconvenience to Mrs. Bennet.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 26

10  She could not imagine what business he could have in town so soon after his arrival in Hertfordshire; and she began to fear that he might be always flying about from one place to another, and never settled at Netherfield as he ought to be.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3

11  The very first sentence conveyed the assurance of their being all settled in London for the winter, and concluded with her brother's regret at not having had time to pay his respects to his friends in Hertfordshire before he left the country.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24

12  Believe me, my dear sir, my gratitude is warmly excited by such affectionate attention; and depend upon it, you will speedily receive from me a letter of thanks for this, and for every other mark of your regard during my stay in Hertfordshire.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22

13  The pain of separation, however, might be alleviated on his side, by preparations for the reception of his bride; as he had reason to hope, that shortly after his return into Hertfordshire, the day would be fixed that was to make him the happiest of men.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 25

14  Without supposing them, from what she saw, to be very seriously in love, their preference of each other was plain enough to make her a little uneasy; and she resolved to speak to Elizabeth on the subject before she left Hertfordshire, and represent to her the imprudence of encouraging such an attachment.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 25

15  He now seated himself by her, and talked so agreeably of Kent and Hertfordshire, of travelling and staying at home, of new books and music, that Elizabeth had never been half so well entertained in that room before; and they conversed with so much spirit and flow, as to draw the attention of Lady Catherine herself, as well as of Mr. Darcy.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 31

16  The next was in these words: "I do not pretend to regret anything I shall leave in Hertfordshire, except your society, my dearest friend; but we will hope, at some future period, to enjoy many returns of that delightful intercourse we have known, and in the meanwhile may lessen the pain of separation by a very frequent and most unreserved correspondence."

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21

17  The evening was spent chiefly in talking over Hertfordshire news, and telling again what had already been written; and when it closed, Elizabeth, in the solitude of her chamber, had to meditate upon Charlotte's degree of contentment, to understand her address in guiding, and composure in bearing with, her husband, and to acknowledge that it was all done very well.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 28