TO SIR WALTER in Classic Quotes

1  The Crofts had placed themselves in lodgings in Gay Street, perfectly to Sir Walter's satisfaction.

Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18

2  The Kellynch property was good, but not equal to Sir Walter's apprehension of the state required in its possessor.

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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1

3  He had been introduced to Sir Walter and your sister before I was acquainted with him, but I heard him speak of them for ever.

Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21

4  Anne herself would have found the mortifications of it more than she foresaw, and to Sir Walter's feelings they must have been dreadful.

Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2

5  She consulted, and in a degree was influenced by her in marking out the scheme of retrenchment which was at last submitted to Sir Walter.

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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2

6  But here you are in Bath, and the object is to be established here with all the credit and dignity which ought to belong to Sir Walter Elliot.

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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16

7  It was impossible but that Mrs Clay must hate the sight of Mr Elliot; and yet she could assume a most obliging, placid look, and appear quite satisfied with the curtailed license of devoting herself only half as much to Sir Walter as she would have done otherwise.

Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22