• Punctual
  • Conceited
  • Pompous
  • Narrow-minded
  • Silly
  • Irksome
  • Awkward
  • Solemn
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  • "Mr. Collins was punctual to his time and was received with great politeness by the whole family." p.44
  • "My dear Jane, Mr. Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow minded, silly man; you know he is as well as I do." p.91
  • "I am not now to learn that it is usual with young ladies to reject the addresses of the man whom they secretly mean to accept, when he first applies for their favor; and that sometimes their refusal is repeated a second and even a third time." p.73
  • "Mr. Collins, to be sure, was neither sensible nor agreeable; his society was irksome, and his attachment to her must be imaginary." p.83
  • "Mr. Collins, awkward and solemn, apologizing instead of attending, and often moving wrong without being aware of it, gave her all the shame and misery which a disa...
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  • "...the particular advice and recommendation of a very noble lady whom I have the honour of calling patroness." p.72
  • "She has told me to marry and so I have." p.∞
  • "You will find her manners beyond any thing I can describe." p.72
  • "...when tempered with the silence and respect which her rank will inevitably excite." p.72
  • I returned directly to my Lady as soon as her bidding of getting married was accomplished.
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  • Some have said I am pompous, the nerve of those people!
  • A few have said I fake sincerity towards those I desire to impress
  • Some say that I would marry someone just to be married, but of course, I really do love Charlotte
  • It is said that I sometimes cause situations to be very awkward... I don't quite understand this.
  • I have been under the impression that sometimes my presence can be irksome and burdensome to others around me
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  • "I think it a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish." p.72
  • "Secondly, I am convinced it will add very greatly in my happiness." p.72
  • "Thirdly, Lady Catherine De Bourgh advised me to." p.72
  • "Lady Catherine De Bourgh recommended that I get married." p.72
  • "Also, because [she is] a gentle-woman and I am a gentleman" p.72
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