OCCASION in Classic Quotes

1  There can be no occasion for your going so soon.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 37

2  The whole family, in short, were properly overjoyed on the occasion.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22

3  The letter which she wrote on this occasion to her sister will prove what she felt.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 26

4  Miss Bennet paused a little, and then replied, "Surely there can be no occasion for exposing him so dreadfully."

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 40

5  First, that you will allow me the free use of my understanding on the present occasion; and secondly, of my room.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 20

6  Mr. Bingley was unaffectedly civil in his answer, and forced his younger sister to be civil also, and say what the occasion required.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9

7  "For your sake," turning to Charlotte, "I am glad of it; but otherwise I see no occasion for entailing estates from the female line."

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 29

8  Elizabeth found that nothing was beneath this great lady's attention, which could furnish her with an occasion of dictating to others.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 29

9  Their affectionate mother shared all their grief; she remembered what she had herself endured on a similar occasion, five-and-twenty years ago.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 41

10  You must therefore allow me to follow the dictates of my conscience on this occasion, which leads me to perform what I look on as a point of duty.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18

11  The rapture of Lydia on this occasion, her adoration of Mrs. Forster, the delight of Mrs. Bennet, and the mortification of Kitty, are scarcely to be described.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 41

12  The least agreeable circumstance in the business was the surprise it must occasion to Elizabeth Bennet, whose friendship she valued beyond that of any other person.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22

13  The former was divided between admiration of the brilliancy which exercise had given to her complexion, and doubt as to the occasion's justifying her coming so far alone.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7

14  With a book he was regardless of time; and on the present occasion he had a good deal of curiosity as to the event of an evening which had raised such splendid expectations.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3

15  Her ladyship seemed pleased with the idea; and you may imagine that I am happy on every occasion to offer those little delicate compliments which are always acceptable to ladies.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 14

16  His accompanying them was a double advantage; she felt all the compliment it offered to herself, and it was most acceptable as an occasion of introducing him to her father and mother.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21

17  I write without any intention of paining you, or humbling myself, by dwelling on wishes which, for the happiness of both, cannot be too soon forgotten; and the effort which the formation and the perusal of this letter must occasion, should have been spared, had not my character required it to be written and read.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 35