All 10 Uses of
dwell
in
Emma
- Harriet was very ready to speak of the share he had had in their moonlight walks and merry evening games; and dwelt a good deal upon his being so very good-humoured and obliging.†
Chpt 1.3-4
- A few inferior dwellings were first to be passed, and then, about a quarter of a mile down the lane rose the Vicarage, an old and not very good house, almost as close to the road as it could be.†
Chpt 1.9-10 *
- She exerted herself, and did try to make her comfortable, by considering all that had passed as a mere trifle, and quite unworthy of being dwelt on, "It might be distressing, for the moment," said she; "but you seem to have behaved extremely well; and it is over—and may never—can never, as a first meeting, occur again, and therefore you need not think about it."†
Chpt 2.3-4
- Mrs. Weston, kind-hearted and musical, was particularly interested by the circumstance, and Emma could not help being amused at her perseverance in dwelling on the subject; and having so much to ask and to say as to tone, touch, and pedal, totally unsuspicious of that wish of saying as little about it as possible, which she plainly read in the fair heroine's countenance.†
Chpt 2.7-8
- As a sort of touchstone, however, she began to speak of his kindness in conveying the aunt and niece; and though his answer was in the spirit of cutting the matter short, she believed it to indicate only his disinclination to dwell on any kindness of his own.†
Chpt 2.7-8
- "I must not dwell upon it," said she.†
Chpt 2.13-14 *
- And as to its recommendations to you, I fancy I need not take much pains to dwell on them.†
Chpt 2.13-14
- —Mr. Knightley's words dwelt with her.†
Chpt 2.15-16
- — She knew that he saw such recommendations in Harriet; he had dwelt on them to her more than once.†
Chpt 3.11-12
- — Harriet was most happy to give every particular of the evening at Astley's, and the dinner the next day; she could dwell on it all with the utmost delight.†
Chpt 3.19
Definitions:
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(dwelling as in: a modest dwelling) a house or shelter in which someone lives
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(dwell as in: Don't dwell on it.) to think, communicate, or let attention stay on (or return to) something for a prolonged period