MARY in Classic Quotes

1  Mary wished to say something sensible, but knew not how.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2

2  Pride," observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, "is a very common failing, I believe.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5

3  Mary had neither genius nor taste; and though vanity had given her application, it had given her likewise a pedantic air and conceited manner, which would have injured a higher degree of excellence than she had reached.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6

4  Mary had heard herself mentioned to Miss Bingley as the most accomplished girl in the neighbourhood; and Catherine and Lydia had been fortunate enough never to be without partners, which was all that they had yet learnt to care for at a ball.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3

5  After a song or two, and before she could reply to the entreaties of several that she would sing again, she was eagerly succeeded at the instrument by her sister Mary, who having, in consequence of being the only plain one in the family, worked hard for knowledge and accomplishments, was always impatient for display.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6

6  Elizabeth, easy and unaffected, had been listened to with much more pleasure, though not playing half so well; and Mary, at the end of a long concerto, was glad to purchase praise and gratitude by Scotch and Irish airs, at the request of her younger sisters, who, with some of the Lucases, and two or three officers, joined eagerly in dancing at one end of the room.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6