 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.  Pride and Prejudice - Pagina 1door Jane Austen - 1853 - 340 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 1895 - 218 pagina’s
...one tbing, wbicb a man can ahvavs to, if be cbooses, an^ tbat is, bis 6utg. Emma. februain? Jfirst It is a. truth universally acknowledged, that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Pride and Prejudice. SeconO Dag. It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1895 - 264 pagina’s
...however, are both these objects better illustrated than in the opening words of Pride and Prejudice, " It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife ; " '" and in no narrative of fact better than in Macaulay's History of England. The opening. Suspense... | |
 | 1899 - 244 pagina’s
...interesting, there must be between them enjoyment, remembrance, or desire. SEBASTIEN ROCH NICOLAS CHAMFORT. IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. JANE AUSTEN. MEN marry to make an end ; women, to make a beginning. * ANTOINE DUPUY. THE greatest misfortune... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1902 - 568 pagina’s
...born to be a heroine," is a key to the book. So is the first sentence of " Pride and Prejudice," — " It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." Arrangement. — A careful writer having decided on his central idea, or, as we may say, on-the end... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - 1928 - 556 pagina’s
...post. (Here follow some quotations.)" Mr. BP rejects my explanation and brings into court my example It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. JANE AUSTEN, Pride & Prej., Ch. I, 7. "A truth universally acknowledged cannot well be a fact limited... | |
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