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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

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Reflection, Companion, Self Talk
Jane Austen (2014). “Mansfield Park”, p.74, Trajectory Inc

She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

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Reflection, Desire, Conversation
Jane Austen (1833). “Mansfield Park”, p.71

They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future.

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Reflection, Sorrow, Admitting
Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.4, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.

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Book, Reflection, Stories
Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.1078, Wordsworth Editions

Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.

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Reflection, Indulge In, Relief
Jane Austen (1946). “PRIDE AND PREJUDICE”, p.128, PDFreeBooks.org

When the evening was over, Anne could not be amused…nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and preachers, she had been eloquent on a point in which her own conduct would ill bear examination.

Jane Austen
Reflection, Examination, Evening
Jane Austen (2013). “Persuasion In Modern English”, p.242, BookCaps Study Guides

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