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" Brandon is just the kind of man," said Willoughby one day, when they were talking of him together, "whom everybody speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to." "That is exactly what I think of... "
Sense and Sensibility - Page 69
by Jane Austen - 1892 - 548 pages
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The Living Age, Volume 294

Literature - 1917 - 882 pages
...painfully well described by that unscrupulous Lovelace, Willoughby: "Brandon is just the kind of man whom everybody speaks well of, and nobody cares about;...delighted to see and nobody remembers to talk to." Frivolous Mrs. Palmer arrives at the same conclusion: "He is such a charming man it is a pity he should...
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The Novels of Jane Austen: Sense and sensibility

Jane Austen - 1892 - 224 pages
...as she could not even wish him successful, she heartily wished him indifferent. She liked him—in spite of his gravity and reserve, she beheld in him...remembers to talk to." "That is exactly what I think of hin),"cried Marianne. " Do not boast of it, however," said Elinor, " for it is injustice in both of...
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Sense and Sensibility, Volume 1

Jane Austen - England - 1905 - 296 pages
...and as she could not even wish him successful she heartily wished him indifferent. She liked him—in spite of his gravity and reserve she beheld in him...'for it is injustice in both of you. He is highly 72 ' esteemed by all the family at the Park, and I never see him myself without taking pains to converse...
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The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen, Volume 1

Jane Austen - Novelists, English - 1906 - 340 pages
...end of a week to hope and expect it, and secretly to congratulate herself on having gained two such sons-in-law as Edward and Willoughby. Colonel Brandon's..."That is exactly what I think of him," cried Marianne. [68] "Do not boast of it, however," said Elinor, "for it is injustice in both of you. He is highly...
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The Novels of Jane Austen, Volume 1

Jane Austen - 1906 - 308 pages
...that however a general resemblance of disposition between the parties might forward the aff ection of Mr Willoughby, an equally striking opposition of..."That is exactly what I think of him," cried Marianne. [68] "Do not boast of it, however," said Elinor, "for it is injustice in both of you. He is highly...
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The Novels of Jane Austen: Sense and sensibility

Jane Austen - English literature - 1911 - 310 pages
...'whom everybody speaks well of, and nobody cares about ; whom all are delighted to see, and noboily remembers to talk to.' ' That is exactly what I think...' for it is injustice in both of you. He is highly 72 esteemed by all the family at the Park, and I never see him myself without taking pains to converse...
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Half Hours with Representative Novelists of the Nineteenth Century ..., Volume 1

Mackenzie Bell - American fiction - 1927 - 528 pages
...Willoughby and Marianne, who, prejudiced against him for being neither lively nor young, seemed wrong to undervalue his merits. " Brandon is just the kind...myself without taking pains to converse with him." " But perhaps the abuse of such people as yourself and Marianne will make amends for the regard of...
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The Wisdom of Jane Austen

Shawna Mullen - Self-Help - 2003 - 244 pages
...the kind of man," said Willoughby one day, when they were talking of him together, "whom every body speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are...delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to." John Willoughby, SS Little as Catherine was in the habit of judging for herself, and unfixed as were...
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Sense and Sensibility

Ashley J. Barnard - Domestic drama - 2005 - 116 pages
...ascertain the matter. (Exit SIR JOHN and MRS. JENNINGS.) WILLOUGHBY. Brandon is just the kind of man whom everybody speaks well of, and nobody cares about;...delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to. ELINOR. Do not boast of it, however, for it is an injustice to both of you. He is highly esteemed by...
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Disciplining Love: Austen and the Modern Man

Michael Kramp - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 218 pages
...masculinity advocated by Burke. Willoughby claims that Brandon "is just the kind of man . . . whom every body speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are...delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to" (43). Willoughby's comment suggests the social acceptability of a male like Brandon. He is a culturally...
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