༘⋆.☘︎ ݁˖ YOU HAVE BEWITCHED ME BODY & SOUL . . . a collection of period drama roleplay sentences from NUMEROUS FILMS ; persuasion. genre: romance, slice-of-life, love, arranged marriages etc.
The war is over. We're going home.
I have taken the liberty of drawing up some plans of economy for the family.
I have always said [place name] is incomparable.
You remember [him/her/them], I'm sure.
You misled me by the term "gentleman." [name] was nobody.
Since no one will want you in [name place], I'm sure you'd better stay here.
I confess I have not fully mastered it myself.
I should not be ashamed to be seen with [him/her/them] anymore.
Your spirits have never been high since your disappointment.
I feel this breakup of your family exceedingly.
Do not talk of it. We shall not talk of it.
I do not blame you, nor do I blame myself for having been guided by you.
It was entirely prudent of you to reject [him/her/them].
Here are the new poems I was telling you of.
You've come at last. I began to think I should never see you.
I am so ill, I can hardly speak.
Suppose I were to be seized in some dreadful way?
I do believe if you were to see me dying, you wouldn't believe there was anything the matter with me.
I do not to see want them, I assure you.
Why could you not have come earlier? It is so unkind.
What can you possibly have had to do?
I thought you must have been obliged to give up the engagement.
I was very well yesterday. It's just today I feel like death.
Had you a pleasant party?
It is so uncomfortable not having a carriage of one's own.
[Name], will you play when we have a dance?
You are so light on your feet!
You're most welcome to be here among us.
Upon my word, I shall be well off, shan't I, when you are all gone away to be happy at [name place]!
Come and sit by the fire.
How am I supposed to keep them in order when their father spoils them so much?
You don't care about etiquette.
When you have a moment, you must speak to [name] and persuade them that I am very, very ill.
You want to sail the high seas, do you?
Ever seen a boat made out of paper? Come, I'll show you.
I did not know you were acquainted with [name] also.
How can you contemplate such a thing!?
If there is anything disagreeable, men are sure to get out of it.
It is most pleasant to see you again so soon.
Do you suppose we live on board without anything to eat? Nor any cooks or servants? Or any knife and fork to use?
I felt my luck, I assure you.
What should a young fellow do ashore for half a year together?
I'd bring anything from the world's end, if you asked me to.
I hate to hear you talking about all women as though they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures.
Oh, you shall think very differently when you are married.
You must have been a great traveller.
As long as we could be together, nothing ever ailed me.
I do not think you have the right to throw yourself away on [name]!
Arrangements have been made! Do come to your senses.
Why is everybody always supposing I am not a good walker?
Nothing would ever separate us.
I think you're trying to get out of it!
I intend to rest here and then go home.
I assure you, I have never been in that house above twice in my life.
I would not be turned back from a thing I had determined to do.
I am not so easily persuaded.
Would [he/she/they] have turned back then, but for you?
Stick always to your purpose. Be firm.
Do you not think that you are ready to fall in love?
Is it a love letter, [name]?
I'm very pleased to meet you. You've certainly cheered me up.
And what do you read, [name]?
Thank you for your kindness.
You cannot know the depths of my despair.
You have no conception of what I have lost.
Well, I don't know! It might have been!
It must have been deeply distressing.
Now that [he/she/they] have settled here, I cannot suppose myself wanted.
There is no need to do that! [Name] is nothing to me, compared to you!
Good company is always worth seeking.
You're too proud to admit it.
I think we are very alike.
You presume to know me very well. In my heart, I know you intimately.
You would prefer an everyday [name] to your own family connection?
Do you not suffer from melancholy?
How can I be melancholy when you are come to visit?
What have you heard of my friend here?
How on earth do you know that?
Certainly it is unforeseen, but it's true.
They fell in love over poetry.
The letter is sanguine. There is barely an oath in it from beginning to end.
Poor [name] will have to begin all over again with somebody else.
I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting. Shall we set off? The rain has eased.
I've hardly seen you since that wretched day at [name place].
I'm afraid you must have suffered somewhat from the shock the more so from it not overpowering you at the time.
A man does not recover from such a devotion to such a woman.
It was my doing. Solely mine.
That is the literal meaning of the words.
You need not say anything more of your ignorance.
I do not think I could ever flatter you enough.
Do you take my meaning, or must I translate for you?
It's a very beautiful love song.
It is so exciting. It makes me feel giddy. A double wedding!
I've been to the theater and secured a box for tomorrow night.
I have never seen any burst of feeling, any warmth of fury or delight.
Do you wish it? All you have to do is give me a yes or a no, and we are both released.
Why does the town suffer this dreadful misapprehension that I shall marry you?
Why did you say nothing of this before?
It's too much for me, I confess.
I do not forget you as soon as you forget me.
We live at home; quiet, confined and our feelings prey upon us.
I won't allow it to be any more man's nature than woman's to be inconstant or to forget those they love or have loved.
I don't think I ever opened a book in my life which did not have something to say on women's fickleness.
I believe you capable of everything great and good.
I can listen no longer in silence.
I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach.
You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.
Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone forever.
I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it.
I have loved none but you.
I found out what I wanted, and I decided to marry. And I am married 'til I die.