 | Jane Austen - 1882 - 348 pagina’s
...SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET in Orbinnrn to ?jir Stnjutn ibi Qntin 1882 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. CHAPTER L T is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1836 - 216 pagina’s
...existed intentions of a certain description, which would probably ere long be brought to an issue. " It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."* Mr. D , one of this genus, and " his own son," had been a constant object of interest to mothers and... | |
 | 1917 - 920 pagina’s
...way on moxt occasions, but it may well be doubted whether any novel starts quite so happily as this: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" — after which delightful touch of irony we are immediately introduced to Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, who... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1844 - 534 pagina’s
...ETC., HTC. VOL. I. LONDON: HG CLARKli AND CO., 66, OLD BAILEY. 1811. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. CHAPTER I. IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of &. geed fortune, must be in want of a wife. Ao/'J|l<r '• * However little known the feelings or views... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1853 - 362 pagina’s
...NEW BURLINGTON STREET; AND BELL & BRADFUl'E. \. \ PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. VOLUME THE FIRST. CHAPTER I. IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pagina’s
...heart was too full, her breath too much oppressed. A Family Scent. — From ' Pride and Prejudice? ? Is India free ? and does she wear her plumed And...with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her slill ? neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1880 - 420 pagina’s
...out. Let her own works follow her. JANE AUSTEN'S NOVELS, AND JANE AUSTEN. "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE."* I. T is a truth universally acknowledged that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." Such is the lively sentence with which " Pride and Prejudice " begins. Then the author proceeds to... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 pagina’s
...heart was too full, her breath too much oppressed. A Family Scene. — From 'Pride and Prejudice.'1 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortuue must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of sucli a man may be... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1883 - 390 pagina’s
...Abbey, and Persuasion. Pride and Prejudice. Sense and Sensibility. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. CHAPTER I. IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1914 - 936 pagina’s
...ways removed from the uncomplicated state of society reflected in Jane Austen's novels — when it was "a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" — so much so, indeed, "that he is regarded as the rightful property" of one of his neighbor's daughters.... | |
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. 
