 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.  Books and Their Writers - 61 psl.autoriai: Stuart Petre Brodie Mais - 1920 - 343 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 534 psl.
...the author's manner : A FAMILY SCENE. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in the possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood,... | |
 | Tuley Francis Huntington - 1904 - 412 psl.
...character of Alan Breck is revealed by what he does. MB. BINGLEY COMES TO NETHKKFIELD PARK BT JANE AUSTEN It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood,... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - 1928 - 556 psl.
...post. (Here follow some quotations.)" Mr. BP rejects my explanation and brings into court my example It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. JANE AUSTEN, Pride & Prej., Ch. I, 7. "A truth universally acknowledged cannot well be a fact limited... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1906 - 1020 psl.
...Jane Austen Thomas Nelson and Sons London, Edinburgh, and New York PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. CHAPTER I. IT is a truth universally acknowledged that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood,... | |
 | Frederick Henry Sykes - 1907 - 396 psl.
...explanatory words belong to any speech they enter as part of the appropriate paragraph; eg : — It is truth universally acknowledged, that a single man...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood,... | |
 | Richard Burton - 1909 - 382 psl.
...during the closing years of the eighteenth century. The opening sentence of her masterpiece reads : " It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." Needless to say that " universally " here is applicable to a tiny area of earth observed by a most... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 574 psl.
...the first vacancy which should occur. * * * * * JANE AUSTEN (1775-1817) PRIDE AND PREJUDICE CHAPTER I It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood,... | |
 | Harold Herbert Williams, Sir Harold Herbert Williams - 1911 - 448 psl.
...situation. And what could make a better beginning than the opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice ? — " It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife." From that beginning we are carried over into the vivacious... | |
 | William Dudley Foulke - 1912 - 282 psl.
...estate of Pemberly, in Derbyshire, also accompanies him. The book opens with the following sentence: " It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood,... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1913 - 268 psl.
...opening sentences are always exhilarating. Pride and Prejudice begins with the following words : — It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. This generalisation stimulates interest and sets the reader to examine his own experience, and identify... | |
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