piquet a card game for two persons, played with 32 cards.
he . . . blots the rest Bingley writes so quickly that the ink makes blots on the paper, blurring his words.
panegyric high or hyperbolic (exaggerated) praise; laudation.
laudable worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable.
precipitance great haste; rashness.
celerity swiftness in acting or moving; speed.
aweful inspiring awe; highly impressive.
expostulation the act of reasoning with a person earnestly, objecting to that person's actions or intentions; remonstration.
approbation official approval, sanction, or commendation.
a Scotch air a Scottish song or tune.
a reel a lively Scottish dance.
felicity happiness; bliss.
gaily in a gay manner; happily; merrily; joyously.
When the ladies removed after dinner to go away. It was the custom for women and men to separate for a time after dinner. The men smoked cigars, drank, and discussed business or other subjects "unsuitable" for female ears, while the women talked and waited for the men to join them.
I shall send round my cards I will send out invitations.
propitious favorably inclined or disposed; gracious.
postscript a note or paragraph added below the signature in a letter or at the end of a book or speech as an afterthought or to give supplementary information.
laconic brief or terse in speech or expression; using few words.
flog to beat with a strap, stick, or whip, especially as punishment.
iniquitous showing iniquity; wicked; unjust.
filial of, suitable to, or due from a son or daughter.
ordination being ordained (officially installed), as to the religious ministry.
patronage support, encouragement, or sponsorship, given by a patron.
the offered olive branch peace offering.
se'night [Archaic] a week.
asperity harshness or sharpness of temper.
affability the quality of being pleasant and easy to approach or talk to.
condescension the act of condescending, or descending voluntarily to the level, regarded as lower, of the person one is dealing with; being graciously willing to do something regarded as beneath one's dignity.
discourses long and formal treatments of a subject or subjects, in speech or writing; lectures; treatises; dissertations.
quadrille a card game, popular in the eighteenth century, played by four persons.
phaeton a light, four-wheeled carriage of the nineteenth century, drawn by one or two horses, with front and back seats and, usually, a folding top for the front.
Has she been presented? Has Miss De Bourgh been brought to be introduced formally to the Queen?
a circulating library a library which loans books for use elsewhere, sometimes for a daily fee.
importune [Obsolete] to trouble; annoy.
affront an open or intentional insult; slight to one's dignity.
