...disregarded before. Their taste was strikingly alike. The same books, the same passages were idolized by each — or, if any difference appeared, any objection...Marianne," said Elinor, as soon as he had left them, " for me morning I think you have done pretty well. You have already ascertained Mr Willoughby' s opinion...

...were brought forward and dwelt upon with so rapturous a delight that any young man of five and twenty must have been insensible indeed, not to become an...long before his visit concluded, they conversed with a familiarity of a longestablished acquaintance. " Well, Marianne," said Elinor, as soon as he had...

...passages, were idolised by each ; or if any difference appeared, any objection arose, it lasted DO longer than till the force of her arguments and the...long before his visit concluded, they conversed with a familiarity of a longestablished acquaintance. " Well, Marianne," said Elinor, as soon as he had...

...in conversing with Willoughby, she discovers that 'The same books, the same passages were idolized by each - or if any difference appeared, any objection...and the brightness of her eyes could be displayed' (p. 47). She wants an emblem, not a man; Willoughby is the generalized figure of the 'hero of the a...

...effectively: for "their taste was strikingly alike. The same books, the same passages, were idolized by each; or if any difference appeared, any objection...and the brightness of her eyes could be displayed." It is sly commentary on Jane Austen's part that it is usually the gentleman afterwards to become a...