American dissatisfaction with attainder laws motivated their prohibition in the Constitution (see the case of Parker Wickham). The provision forbidding state law bills of attainder reflects the importance that the framers attached to ...
Bingley, the man in question, rented the Netherfield estate where he settled down with his two sisters, Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst, and his sister's husband, Mr. Hurst. At first, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Hurst's friend, is far more the ...
Examining his watch, Darcy realized it was well past time for him to take his leave, and he had not yet broached the subject of bWickham/b. Elizabeth's response when he had tried to warn her the previous evening had weighed heavily. ...
