Category Archives: Mr. Knightley
Some doubt of a return
“I have no idea that she has yet ever seen a man she cared for. It would not be a bad thing for her to be very much in love with a proper object. I should like to see Emma … Continue reading
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Loveliness itself
[Mrs. Weston] “She is loveliness itself. Mr. Knightley, is not she?” “I have not a fault to find with her person,” he replied. “I think her all you describe. I love to look at her; and I will add this … Continue reading
Filed under Beauty, Emma, Emma Woodhouse, Miss Taylor - Mrs. Weston, Mr. Knightley, Pride
Emma’s reading lists
I love this little bit: “Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old. I have seen a great many lists of her drawing up at various times of books that she meant to read … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Emma, Emma Woodhouse, Miss Taylor - Mrs. Weston, Mr. Knightley, Patience, Reading
Flattery, my dear…
“Emma knows I never flatter her.” Mr. Knightley, to Mr. Woodhouse Emma, volume 1, chapter 1 I’m just re-reading chapter 1 in Emma and realizing how many hints Austen gave us.
Filed under Emma, Emma Woodhouse, Flattery, Mr. Knightley
Complete truth
“Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken . . .” Of Emma’s conversation with Mr. Knightley as he proposes, when she … Continue reading
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A lady always does
"What did she say? Just what she ought, of course. A lady always does." Of Emma’s reply to Mr. Knightley, when he proposesEmma, volume 3, chapter 13
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Filed under Emma, Emma Woodhouse, Mr. Knightley, On being a lady, Proposals
I cannot make speeches
Happy Valentine’s Day, dear readers! One of my favorites… Here is Knightley echoing Darcy’s thoughts of the other day: “I cannot make speeches, Emma . . . If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it … Continue reading
Filed under Emma, Emma Woodhouse, Love, Mr. Knightley, Proposals
Incomprehensible
“Oh! to be sure,” cried Emma, “it is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks her.” Emma discussing with … Continue reading
Filed under Emma, Emma Woodhouse, Harriet Smith, Marriage, Mr. Knightley, Proposals
Badly done, Emma
“It was badly done, indeed! You, whom she had known from an infant, whom she had seen grow up from a period when her notice was an honour, to have you now, in thoughtless spirits, and the pride of the … Continue reading
Filed under Emma, Emma Woodhouse, Miss Bates, Morality, Mr. Knightley, Pride
Vanity
“Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.” Mr. Knightley, on Emma’s encouraging Harriet Smith to raise her sights too high Emma, volume 1, chapter 8
Filed under Emma, Emma Woodhouse, Harriet Smith, Mr. Knightley, Pride
