RELATION in Classic Quotes

1  I have found out," said he, "by a singular accident, that there is now in the room a near relation of my patroness.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18

2  Till I was in Kent, and saw so much both of Mr. Darcy and his relation Colonel Fitzwilliam, I was ignorant of the truth myself.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 47

3  Mr. Wickham's attention was caught; and after observing Mr. Collins for a few moments, he asked Elizabeth in a low voice whether her relation was very intimately acquainted with the family of de Bourgh.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16

4  Mr. Bennet's property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their mother's fortune, though ample for her situation in life, could but ill supply the deficiency of his.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7

5  Elizabeth looked at Darcy to see how cordially he assented to his cousin's praise; but neither at that moment nor at any other could she discern any symptom of love; and from the whole of his behaviour to Miss de Bourgh she derived this comfort for Miss Bingley, that he might have been just as likely to marry her, had she been his relation.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 31

6  Every park has its beauty and its prospects; and Elizabeth saw much to be pleased with, though she could not be in such raptures as Mr. Collins expected the scene to inspire, and was but slightly affected by his enumeration of the windows in front of the house, and his relation of what the glazing altogether had originally cost Sir Lewis de Bourgh.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 29