“Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marryingwithout affection.”
“Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.”
“Would he not say with Homer,. Better to be the poor servant of a poor master, and to endure anything, rather than think as they do and live after their ...”
“Niggard prefers mistake rather than loss.”
“I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.”
“We Deveauxs preferred to talk you to death, rather than face you in physical combat.”