ENCOURAGED in Classic Quotes

1  We were always encouraged to read, and had all the masters that were necessary.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 29

2  To work in this garden was one of his most respectable pleasures; and Elizabeth admired the command of countenance with which Charlotte talked of the healthfulness of the exercise, and owned she encouraged it as much as possible.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 28

3  Mr. Gardiner, whose manners were very easy and pleasant, encouraged her communicativeness by his questions and remarks; Mrs. Reynolds, either by pride or attachment, had evidently great pleasure in talking of her master and his sister.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 43

4  This information, however, startled Mrs. Bennet; she would have been glad to be equally satisfied that her daughter had meant to encourage him by protesting against his proposals, but she dared not believe it, and could not help saying so.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 20

5  Mrs. Phillips's vulgarity was another, and perhaps a greater, tax on his forbearance; and though Mrs. Phillips, as well as her sister, stood in too much awe of him to speak with the familiarity which Bingley's good humour encouraged, yet, whenever she did speak, she must be vulgar.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 60

6  She rated his abilities much higher than any of the others; there was a solidity in his reflections which often struck her, and though by no means so clever as herself, she thought that if encouraged to read and improve himself by such an example as hers, he might become a very agreeable companion.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22