All 5 Uses of
privation
in
Emma
- She knew that at times she must be missed; and could not think, without pain, of Emma's losing a single pleasure, or suffering an hour's ennui, from the want of her companionableness: but dear Emma was of no feeble character; she was more equal to her situation than most girls would have been, and had sense, and energy, and spirits that might be hoped would bear her well and happily through its little difficulties and privations.†
Chpt 1.1-2
- Used only to a large house himself, and without ever thinking how many advantages and accommodations were attached to its size, he could be no judge of the privations inevitably belonging to a small one.†
Chpt 2.5-6
- Here, she must be leading a life of privation and penance; there it would have been all enjoyment.†
Chpt 2.7-8 *
- —"To chuse to remain here month after month, under privations of every sort!†
Chpt 2.15-16
- The picture which she had then drawn of the privations of the approaching winter, had proved erroneous; no friends had deserted them, no pleasures had been lost.†
Chpt 3.11-12
Definition:
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(privation) lack of basic things needed to live in a satisfactory manner