It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
I remember the time when I liked a red coat myself very well—and, indeed, so I do still at my heart; and if a smart young colonel, with five or six thousand a year, should want one of my girls I shall not say nay to him; and I thought Colonel Forster looked very becoming the other night at Sir William’s in his regimentals.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Do you not want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“I shall be very fit to see Jane—which is all I want.”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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Merriam-Webster
— to be needy or destitute
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Macmillan
— to feel that you would like to have, keep, or do something
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