1 Had he ever been in the way of learning, I think he would have drawn very well.
2 They were to meet Mrs. Ferrars; but Elinor could not learn whether her sons were to be of the party.
3 In short, I could learn nothing but that she was gone; all the rest, for eight long months, was left to conjecture.
4 But, as it was, she only learned, from some very significant looks, how far their penetration, founded on Margaret's instructions, extended.
5 From such commendation as this, however, there was not much to be learned; Elinor well knew that the sweetest girls in the world were to be met with in every part of England, under every possible variation of form, face, temper and understanding.
6 It would grieve me indeed to be obliged to think ill of you; but if I am to do it, if I am to learn that you are not what we have hitherto believed you, that your regard for us all was insincere, that your behaviour to me was intended only to deceive, let it be told as soon as possible.
7 Marianne was of no use on these occasions, as she would never learn the game; but though her time was therefore at her own disposal, the evening was by no means more productive of pleasure to her than to Elinor, for it was spent in all the anxiety of expectation and the pain of disappointment.