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But in general and ordinary cases between friend and friend,where one of them is desired by the other to change a resolution of novery great moment, should you think ill of that person for complyingwith the desire, without waiting to be argued into it?""Will it not be advisable, before we proceed on this subject, toarrange with rather more precision the degree of importance which is toappertain to this request, as well as the degree of intimacy subsistingbetween the parties?""By all means," cried Bingley; "let us hear all the particulars, notforgetting their comparative height and size; for that will have moreweight in the argument, Miss Bennet, than you may be aware of.<>
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The first half-hour was spent in piling up the fire, lest sheshould suffer from the change of room; and she removed at his desireto the other side of the fireplace, that she might be further fromthe door.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) Mr. Collins had only to change from Jane to Elizabeth--and it was soondone--done while Mrs.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion,to be secure of judging properly at first.<>
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You must come and makeLizzy marry Mr. Collins, for she vows she will not have him, and if youdo not make haste he will change his mind and not have her.<>
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The envelope contained a sheet of elegant, little,hot-pressed paper, well covered with a lady's fair, flowing hand; andElizabeth saw her sister's countenance change as she read it, and sawher dwelling intently on some particular passages.<>
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But do you think shewould be prevailed upon to go back with us? Change of scene might beof service--and perhaps a little relief from home may be as useful asanything.<>
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The gentleman experienced some change offeeling; he drew back his chair, took a newspaper from the table, andglancing over it, said, in a colder voice:"Are you pleased with Kent?"A short dialogue on the subject of the country ensued, on either sidecalm and concise--and soon put an end to by the entrance of Charlotteand her sister, just returned from her walk.<>
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ColonelFitzwilliam's occasionally laughing at his stupidity, proved that he wasgenerally different, which her own knowledge of him could not have toldher; and as she would liked to have believed this change the effectof love, and the object of that love her friend Eliza, she set herselfseriously to work to find it out.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) After wandering along the lane for two hours, giving way to everyvariety of thought--re-considering events, determining probabilities,and reconciling herself, as well as she could, to a change so sudden andso important, fatigue, and a recollection of her long absence, madeher at length return home; and she entered the house with the wishof appearing cheerful as usual, and the resolution of repressing suchreflections as must make her unfit for conversation.<>
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Where shall you change horses?Oh! Bromley, of course.<>
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"Your great men often are; and therefore I shall not take himat his word, as he might change his mind another day, and warn me offhis grounds.<>
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Whenshe saw him thus seeking the acquaintance and courting the good opinionof people with whom any intercourse a few months ago would have been adisgrace--when she saw him thus civil, not only to herself, but to thevery relations whom he had openly disdained, and recollected their lastlively scene in Hunsford Parsonage--the difference, the change wasso great, and struck so forcibly on her mind, that she could hardlyrestrain her astonishment from being visible.<>
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Such a change in a man of so muchpride exciting not only astonishment but gratitude--for to love, ardentlove, it must be attributed; and as such its impression on her was of asort to be encouraged, as by no means unpleasing, though it could not beexactly defined.<>
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Thefaces of both, however, were tolerably calm; and no change was visiblein either, except that the loss of her favourite sister, or the angerwhich she had herself incurred in this business, had given more offretfulness than usual to the accents of Kitty.<>
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But there was much to be talked of in marrying her; and thegood-natured wishes for her well-doing which had proceeded before fromall the spiteful old ladies in Meryton lost but a little of their spiritin this change of circumstances, because with such an husband her miserywas considered certain.<>
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Gardiner's letter, or to relate her own change of sentiment towards him.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) Elizabeth, still more affected, was earnest and solemn in her reply; andat length, by repeated assurances that Mr. Darcy was really the objectof her choice, by explaining the gradual change which her estimation ofhim had undergone, relating her absolute certainty that his affectionwas not the work of a day, but had stood the test of many months'suspense, and enumerating with energy all his good qualities, she didconquer her father's incredulity, and reconcile him to the match.<>
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Mary was obliged to mix more with the world, butshe could still moralize over every morning visit; and as she was nolonger mortified by comparisons between her sisters' beauty and her own,it was suspected by her father that she submitted to the change withoutmuch reluctance.<>
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I should be very happy to lend you a change of apparel forthe purpose,' said Mr. Tracy Tupman, 'but you are rather slim, and Iam--Rather fat--grown-up Bacchus--cut the leaves--dismounted from the tub,and adopted kersey, eh?--not double distilled, but double milled--ha!ha! pass the wine.<>
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He had raised himself up, so as to seat himself in bed--adreadful change had come over his face, but consciousness had returned,for he evidently knew me.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) The waiter retired; the breakfast concluded; and the travellers ascendedto their respective bedrooms, to prepare a change of clothing, to takewith them on their approaching expedition.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) The old gentleman slightly nodded his head in token of assent, and wasproceeding to change the subject, when Mr. Pickwick said--'I beg your pardon, sir, but pray, if I may venture to inquire, who wasJohn Edmunds?The very thing I was about to ask,' said Mr. Snodgrass eagerly.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I saw the sudden change that came upon him beneath my gaze.<>
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Never mind; there'sa change of air, plenty to see, and little to do; and all this suits mycomplaint uncommon; so long life to the Pickvicks, says I!'CHAPTER XIII.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Tom gazed at the chair; and, suddenly as he looked at it, a mostextraordinary change seemed to come over it.<>
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" "You are very right, Sir," said theghost politely, "it never struck me till now; I'll try change of airdirectly"--and, in fact, he began to vanish as he spoke; his legs,indeed, had quite disappeared.<>
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The poor girlhad removed to a wretched apartment close to the spot of her husband'simprisonment; and though the change had been rendered necessary by theirincreasing poverty, she was happier now, for she was nearer him.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'She had fainted one evening in her husband's arms, and he had borne herto the open window, to revive her with the air, when the light of themoon falling full upon her face, showed him a change upon her features,which made him stagger beneath her weight, like a helpless infant.<>
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Although evidently not past theprime of life, his face was pale, haggard, and dejected; and it did notrequire the acute perception of the man of business, to discern at aglance, that disease or suffering had done more to work a change in hisappearance, than the mere hand of time could have accomplished in twicethe period of his whole life.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Why, no considerable change has taken place in the state of my system,since I see you cocked up behind your governor's chair in the parlour, alittle vile ago,' replied Sam.<>
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T'other Sunday I wos walkin' up the road, wen who should I see,a-standin' at a chapel door, with a blue soup-plate in her hand, butyour mother-in-law! I werily believe there was change for a couple o'suv'rins in it, then, Sammy, all in ha'pence; and as the people comeout, they rattled the pennies in it, till you'd ha' thought that nomortal plate as ever was baked, could ha' stood the wear and tear.<>
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The lively notes of the guard's key-bugle vibrate in the clear cold air,and wake up the old gentleman inside, who, carefully letting down thewindow-sash half-way, and standing sentry over the air, takes a shortpeep out, and then carefully pulling it up again, informs the otherinside that they're going to change directly; on which the other insidewakes himself up, and determines to postpone his next nap until afterthe stoppage.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'But a change came upon the view, almost imperceptibly.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) All this time, the man in the spectacles was hard at work, swearing theclerks; the oath being invariably administered, without any effort atpunctuation, and usually in the following terms:--'Take the book in your right hand this is your name and hand-writing youswear that the contents of this your affidavit are true so help you Goda shilling you must get change I haven't got it.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Send down word that he's to spend the change in cigars.<>
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Here Mr. Pickwick, rubbing his nose with an air of some vexation, Mr.Weller thought it prudent to change the theme of the discourse.<>
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The doctor said, six months ago,that nothing but change of air could save him.<>
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This is rayther a change forthe worse, Mr. Trotter, as the gen'l'm'n said, wen he got two doubtfulshillin's and sixpenn'orth o' pocket-pieces for a good half-crown.<>
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With thisdefiance, Mr. Weller buttoned up his change in a side pocket, and, withmany confirmatory nods and gestures by the way, proceeded in search ofthe subject of discourse.<>
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"'"May!" cried my uncle; "why, my dear, there's nobody else to kill, isthere?" My uncle was rather disappointed, gentlemen, for he thoughta little quiet bit of love-making would be agreeable after theslaughtering, if it were only to change the subject.<>
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In proof of Bob Sawyer'sbeing one of the funniest fellows alive, he proceeded to entertain Mr.Pickwick with a long and circumstantial account how that gentleman oncedrank himself into a fever and got his head shaved; the relation ofwhich pleasant and agreeable history was only stopped by the stoppage ofthe chaise at the Bell at Berkeley Heath, to change horses.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) In protracted expectation of the weather clearing up, the last eveningpaper from London was read and re-read with an intensity of interestonly known in cases of extreme destitution; every inch of the carpet waswalked over with similar perseverance; the windows were looked out of,often enough to justify the imposition of an additional duty upon them;all kinds of topics of conversation were started, and failed; and atlength Mr. Pickwick, when noon had arrived, without a change for thebetter, rang the bell resolutely, and ordered out the chaise.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Although the roads were miry, and the drizzling rain came down harderthan it had done yet, and although the mud and wet splashed in at theopen windows of the carriage to such an extent that the discomfort wasalmost as great to the pair of insides as to the pair of outsides, stillthere was something in the motion, and the sense of being up and doing,which was so infinitely superior to being pent in a dull room, lookingat the dull rain dripping into a dull street, that they all agreed, onstarting, that the change was a great improvement, and wondered how theycould possibly have delayed making it as long as they had done.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) When they stopped to change at Coventry, the steam ascended from thehorses in such clouds as wholly to obscure the hostler, whose voice washowever heard to declare from the mist, that he expected the first goldmedal from the Humane Society on their next distribution of rewards,for taking the postboy's hat off; the water descending from the brimof which, the invisible gentleman declared, must have drowned him (thepostboy), but for his great presence of mind in tearing it promptly fromhis head, and drying the gasping man's countenance with a wisp of straw.<>
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INVOLVING A SERIOUS CHANGE IN THE WELLER FAMILY, AND THEUNTIMELY DOWNFALL OF Mr. STIGGINSConsidering it a matter of delicacy to abstain from introducing eitherBob Sawyer or Ben Allen to the young couple, until they were fullyprepared to expect them, and wishing to spare Arabella's feelings asmuch as possible, Mr. Pickwick proposed that he and Sam should alight inthe neighbourhood of the George and Vulture, and that the two young menshould for the present take up their quarters elsewhere.<>
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Oh, dear, dear! How adwersity does change people!' said the lady,looking upwards.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'It's the only thing 'twixt this and the doctor as shall change mycondition,' muttered Mr. Weller.<>
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You think so now! S'poseyou wos to change your mind, vich is not unlikely, for you've the spirito' five-and-twenty in you still, what 'ud become on you vithout me? Itcan't be done, Sir, it can't be done.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) The doctor looked for a moment as if he might say that it would not beso great a change after all.<>
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