Both Uses of
torment
in
Pride and Prejudice
- I do assure you, sir, that I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.†
p. 106.6 *tormenting = causing great mental or physical suffering
- But I will not torment you with vain wishes, which may seem purposely to ask for your thanks.†
p. 265.3torment = to cause or to experience great mental or physical suffering