Jane Austen Quotes

Supply the word(s) that correctly fill in the blanks in these quotes from Jane Austen's writings.
quotations derived from Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, and Love and Freindship [sic]
passages enclosed in double quotes are spoken by a character in the original text
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Missing Word(s)
It is a truth ___ acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
universally
“It was ___ ___, indeed! You, whom she had known from an infant... to have you now, in thoughtless spirits... laugh at her, humble her...."
badly done
“Now I must give one ___, and then we may be rational again.” Catherine turned away her head, not knowing whether she might venture to laugh.
smirk
Run mad as often as you chuse; but do not ___.
faint
But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are ___ ___ to deserve them.
pretty women
"You pierce my soul. I am half ___, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever."
agony
"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a ___ ___, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure."
good novel
"Better be without ___, than misapply it as you do."
sense
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Missing Word(s)
"It is not every one," said Elinor, "who has your passion for dead ___."
leaves
"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I ___ ___. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it..."
think well
"You want nothing but patience— or give it a more fascinating name, call it ___."
hope
"...I could easily forgive his ___, if he had not mortified mine."
pride
"I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon ___'s inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of ___'s fickleness. But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men."
woman
"Pray, pray be composed," cried Elinor, "and do not betray what you ___ to every body present."
feel
“I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I ___.”
laugh
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