Persuasions #3, 1981                                                                                                                Pages 22-23

SOME ANSWERS FOR THE QUOTES IN “JANE AUSTEN IN THE OCTOPUS ISLANDS”

Quotation references are from Chapman’s editions of Austen’s novels, Third Edition.  This is only a partial list of references to the novels in Joan Austen-Leigh’s piece.  Please send any quotations or allusions you’ve spotted to webmaster@jasna.org. Refer to chapter numbers of the novel or dates of the letter.

1. eager delight; – her eyes here, there, every where    Northanger Abbey (19)

2. extremely fond of exploring    Emma (274)

3. the sea, now at high water, dancing in its glee and dashing against the ramparts    Mansfield Park (409)

4. the white glare    Persuasion (33)

5. “Jane, Jane my dear Jane … here is your tippet.”    Emma (328)

6. by the sudden whirling round of something or other amongst the sails, she could be [would have been] dashed into the sea at once, and actually be all but gone, if we did [he had] not, with the greatest presence of mind, catch [caught] hold of her habit    Emma (160)

7. a degree of uneasiness    Emma (110)

8. happier flow of ideas    Emma (9)