All 17 Uses of
content
in
Mansfield Park
- Lady Bertram, who was a woman of very tranquil feelings, and a temper remarkably easy and indolent, would have contented herself with merely giving up her sister, and thinking no more of the matter; but Mrs. Norris had a spirit of activity, which could not be satisfied till she had written a long and angry letter to Fanny, to point out the folly of her conduct, and threaten her with all its possible ill consequences.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- It delighted Mrs. Grant to keep them both with her, and Dr. Grant was exceedingly well contented to have it so: a talking pretty young woman like Miss Crawford is always pleasant society to an indolent, stay-at-home man; and Mr. Crawford's being his guest was an excuse for drinking claret every day.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- The state of her spirits had probably had its share in her indisposition; for she had been feeling neglected, and been struggling against discontent and envy for some days past.†
Chpt 7 (definition 1)
- Maria was just discontented enough to say directly, "I think you have done pretty well yourself, ma'am.†
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
- So far from being all satisfied and all enjoying, she found everybody requiring something they had not, and giving occasion of discontent to the others.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- I must look down upon anything contented with obscurity when it might rise to distinction.†
Chpt 22 (definition 1)
- Had the doctor been contented to take my dining-table when I came away, as anybody in their senses would have done, instead of having that absurd new one of his own, which is wider, literally wider than the dinner-table here, how infinitely better it would have been! and how much more he would have been respected! for people are never respected when they step out of their proper sphere.†
Chpt 23 (definition 1)
- "Very well," was her ladyship's contented answer; "then speculation, if you please, Mrs. Grant.†
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- Lady Bertram was perfectly quiescent and contented, and had no objections to make.†
Chpt 26 (definition 1) *
- Fanny was confused, but it was the confusion of discontent; while Miss Crawford wondered she did not smile, and thought her over-anxious, or thought her odd, or thought her anything rather than insensible of pleasure in Henry's attentions.†
Chpt 28 (definition 1)
- Mrs. Norris, much discontented, was obliged to compose herself to work again; and Fanny, walking off in agitating consciousness, found herself, as she anticipated, in another minute alone with Mr. Crawford.†
Chpt 32 (definition 1)
- The men appeared to her all coarse, the women all pert, everybody underbred; and she gave as little contentment as she received from introductions either to old or new acquaintance.†
Chpt 40 (definition 1)
- These were the contents— "My Dear Fanny,—Excuse me that I have not written before.†
Chpt 44 (definition 1)
- Sir Thomas was preparing to act upon this letter, without communicating its contents to any creature at Mansfield, when it was followed by another, sent express from the same friend, to break to him the almost desperate situation in which affairs then stood with the young people.†
Chpt 47 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Edmund might, in the common phrase, do the duty of Thornton, that is, he might read prayers and preach, without giving up Mansfield Park: he might ride over every Sunday, to a house nominally inhabited, and go through divine service; he might be the clergyman of Thornton Lacey every seventh day, for three or four hours, if that would content him.†
Chpt 25 (definition 2)
- Her praise had been given in her attention; that must content them.†
Chpt 34 (definition 2) *
- He must content himself with being only generally agreeable, and letting Susan have her share of entertainment, with the indulgence, now and then, of a look or hint for the better-informed and conscious Fanny.†
Chpt 41 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.