日期：2011-07-07 I HOPE my dear,'' said Mr. Bennet to his wife as they were at breakfast the next morning, that you have ordered a good dinner to-day, because I have reason to expect an addition to our family party.'' Who do you mean, my dear? I know of nobody that... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-07 IN consequence of（由于的缘故） an agreement between the sisters, Elizabeth wrote the next morning to her mother, to beg that the carriage might be sent for them in the course of the day. But Mrs. Bennet, who had calculated on her daughters remainin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-07 WHEN the ladies removed after dinner, Elizabeth ran up to her sister, and, seeing her well guarded from cold, attended her into the drawing-room; where she was welcomed by her two friends with many professions of pleasure; and Elizabeth had never se... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-23 THE day passed much as the day before had done. Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley had spent some hours of the morning with the invalid（病人） , who continued, though slowly, to mend; and in the evening Elizabeth joined their party in the drawing room. Th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-23 ELIZABETH passed the chief of the night in her sister's room, and in the morning had the pleasure of being able to send a tolerable answer to the enquiries which she very early received from Mr. Bingley by a housemaid, and some time afterwards from... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-23 AT five o'clock the two ladies retired to dress, and at half past six Elizabeth was summoned（传唤，召集） to dinner. To the civil enquiries which then poured in, and amongst which she had the pleasure of distinguishing the much superior solicitude... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-09 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（继承人） male, on a distant relation; and their mother's fortune, though ample for her si... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-09 THE ladies of Longbourn soon waited on those of Netherfield. The visit was returned in due form. Miss Bennet's pleasing manners grew on the good will of Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley; and though the mother was found to be intolerable and the younger s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-09 WITHIN a short walk of Longbourn lived a family with whom the Bennets were particularly intimate. Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune and risen to the honour of knighthood by an address to t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-09 WHEN Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had been cautious（谨慎的） in her praise of Mr. Bingley before, expressed to her sister how very much she admired him. He is just what a young man ought to be,'' said she, sensible, good humoured,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-02 NOT all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley. They attacked him in various ways; with barefaced（公然的，厚... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-02 MR. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended to visit him, though to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was paid, she had no knowledge of it.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-02 IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of（缺少，需要） a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-05-26 Phebe's Secret Why do you keep smiling to yourself, Phebe? asked Rose, as they were working together one morning, for Dr. Alec considered house-work the best sort of gymnastics for girls; so Rose took lessons of Phebe in sweeping, dusting and bed-ma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-05-26 And What Came Of It Uncle, could you lend me a ninepence（九便士） ? I'll return it as soon as I get my pocket-money, said Rose, coming into the library in a great hurry that evening. I think I could, and I won't charge any interest for it, so you n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-19 A Trip To China Come, little girl, I've got another dose for you. I fancy you won't take it as well as you did the last, but you will like it better after a while, said Dr. Alec, about a week after the grand surprise. Rose was sitting in her pretty... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-19 Uncle Alec's Room Soon after dinner, and before she had got acquainted with half her new possessions, Dr. Alec proposed a drive, to carry round the first instalment of gifts to the aunts and cousins. Rose was quite ready to go, being anxious to try... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-17 When Rose came out of her chamber, cup in hand, next morning, the first person she saw was Uncle Alec standing on the threshold of（在的开端） the room opposite, which he appeared to be examining with care. When he heard her step, he turned about an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-17 All dinner-time Rose felt that she was going to be talked about, and afterward she was sure of it, for Aunt Plenty whispered to her as they went into the parlour（客厅） . Run up and sit awhile with Sister Peace, my dear. She likes to have you read... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-17 Uncles When Rose woke next morning, she was not sure whether she had dreamed what occurred the night before, or it had actually happened. So she hopped up and dressed, although it was an hour earlier than she usually rose, for she could not sleep an... 阅读全文>>