All 5 Uses of
alliance
in
Mansfield Park
- His daughters, he felt, while they retained the name of Bertram, must be giving it new grace, and in quitting it, he trusted, would extend its respectable alliances; and the character of Edmund, his strong good sense and uprightness of mind, bid most fairly for utility, honour, and happiness to himself and all his connexions.†
Chpt 2
- Sir Thomas, however, was truly happy in the prospect of an alliance so unquestionably advantageous, and of which he heard nothing but the perfectly good and agreeable.†
Chpt 4 *
- Advantageous as would be the alliance, and long standing and public as was the engagement, her happiness must not be sacrificed to it.†
Chpt 21
- It was an alliance which he could not have relinquished without pain; and thus he reasoned.†
Chpt 21
- Under any circumstances it would have been an unwelcome alliance; but to have it so clandestinely formed, and such a period chosen for its completion, placed Julia's feelings in a most unfavourable light, and severely aggravated the folly of her choice.†
Chpt 47
Definition:
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(alliance) an association formed to support common interests