What it was to love
To Mr and Mrs Gardiner the whole party before them excited a lively attention. The suspicious which had just arisen of Mr Darcy and their niece, directed their observation towards each with an earnest, though guarded, enquiry; and they soon drew from those enquiries the full conviction that one of them at least knew what it was to love.
Pride and Prejudice
Chapter 44
Does the bold part mean 'being in love'? Please explain this part of the sentence. Does it means 'either the lady (Elizabeth) or the gentleman (Mr Darcy) is in love with the other?
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e. , to know what "to love" is) means to know or understand the condition of being in love because one has experienced it oneself.
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- , to know what "to love" is) means to know or understand the condition of being in love because one has experienced it oneself.
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"to know what it is to love" (i.e., to know what "to love" is) means to know or understand the condition of being in love because one has experienced it oneself.
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