All 6 Uses of
alloy
in
Mansfield Park
- By not one of the circle was he listened to with such unbroken, unalloyed enjoyment as by his wife, who was really extremely happy to see him, and whose feelings were so warmed by his sudden arrival as to place her nearer agitation than she had been for the last twenty years.†
Chpt 19
- Besides, that would be all recreation and indulgence, without the wholesome alloy of labour, and I do not like to eat the bread of idleness.†
Chpt 24 *
- No, I can safely say, I have no pleasure so complete, so unalloyed.†
Chpt 27
- That was a fact beyond a doubt, and without an alloy.†
Chpt 31
- The happiness she was imparting, too, happiness very little alloyed by the black communication which must briefly precede it—the joyful consent of her father and mother to Susan's going with her—the general satisfaction with which the going of both seemed regarded, and the ecstasy of Susan herself, was all serving to support her spirits.†
Chpt 46
- She spoke of you with high praise and warm affection; yet, even here, there was alloy, a dash of evil; for in the midst of it she could exclaim, 'Why would not she have him?†
Chpt 47
Definition:
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(alloy) a metal that consists of more than one element