“She has the reputation of being remarkably sensible and clever; but I rather believe she derives part of her abilities from her rank and fortune, part from her authoritative manner, and the rest from the pride of her nephew, who chuses that every one connected with him should have an understanding of the first class.”
Wickham to Elizabeth, about Lady Catherine
Pride and Prejudice, Vol. 1, Ch. 16
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“I have more than once observed to Lady Catherine that her charming daughter seemed born to be a duchess, and that the most elevated rank, instead of giving her consequence, would be adorned by her. — These are the kind of little things which please her ladyship, and it is a sort of attention which I conceive myself peculiarly bound to pay.”
Mr. Collins
Pride and Prejudice, Vol. 1, Ch. 14
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“Lady Catherine herself says that in point of true beauty, Miss De Bourgh is far superior to the handsomest of her sex; because there is that in her features which marks the young woman of distinguished birth.”
Mr. Collins
Pride and Prejudice, Vol. 1, Ch. 14
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“I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet. I send no compliments to your
mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.”
Lady Catherine De Bourgh, on leaving Lizzy after her surprise appearance at Longbourn
Pride & Prejudice, volume 3, chapter 14
Judi Dench as Lady Catherine
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