HOSPITALITY in Classic Quotes

1  Mr and Mrs Musgrove were a very good sort of people; friendly and hospitable, not much educated, and not at all elegant.

Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5

2  It did not appear to him that Sir Walter could materially alter his style of living in a house which had such a character of hospitality and ancient dignity to support.

Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2

3  There was so much of friendliness, and of flattery, and of everything most bewitching in his reception there; the old were so hospitable, the young so agreeable, that he could not but resolve to remain where he was, and take all the charms and perfections of Edward's wife upon credit a little longer.

Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9

4  These were her internal persuasions: "Old fashioned notions; country hospitality; we do not profess to give dinners; few people in Bath do; Lady Alicia never does; did not even ask her own sister's family, though they were here a month: and I dare say it would be very inconvenient to Mrs Musgrove; put her quite out of her way."

Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22

5  There was so much attachment to Captain Wentworth in all this, and such a bewitching charm in a degree of hospitality so uncommon, so unlike the usual style of give-and-take invitations, and dinners of formality and display, that Anne felt her spirits not likely to be benefited by an increasing acquaintance among his brother-officers.

Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11

6  Mrs Harville, a degree less polished than her husband, seemed, however, to have the same good feelings; and nothing could be more pleasant than their desire of considering the whole party as friends of their own, because the friends of Captain Wentworth, or more kindly hospitable than their entreaties for their all promising to dine with them.

Persuasion By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11