sopha

Additionally, though the author meticulously apes Austen's writing style--right down to her peculiar spellings, like "scissars" and "sopha"--I felt the book lacked the sparkling amusement of Austen's prose--not to mention its brevity.

Tomes that gather dust. bradamant 2005

He sprung from the sopha, advanced to Johnson, and in a kind of flutter, from imagining himself in the situation which he had just been hearing described, exclaimed, ‘Well, you acquitted yourself in this conversation better than I should have done; for I should have bowed and stammered through the whole of it.’

The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

Overwhelmed with bitter reflections, she threw herself upon the sopha in the first distraction of despair.

A Sicilian Romance 2004

The heart of Julia sunk at the sound, and she threw herself on a sopha, overwhelmed with bitter sensations.

A Sicilian Romance 2004

My uncle Toby returned into the parlour, and sat himself down again upon the sopha. —

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

And if thou art permitted to sit upon the same sopha with her, and she gives thee occasion to lay thy hand upon hers — beware of taking it — thou canst not lay thy hand on hers, but she will feel the temper of thine.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

My uncle Toby returned into the parlour, and sat himself down again upon the sopha. —

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

And if thou art permitted to sit upon the same sopha with her, and she gives thee occasion to lay thy hand upon hers — beware of taking it — thou canst not lay thy hand on hers, but she will feel the temper of thine.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

He came in gaily, singing the Tyrolese song of liberty; noticed me with a gracious nod, and threw himself on a sopha opposite the copy of a bust of the

The Last Man 2003

I am now out of bed from 9 in the morning to 10 at night: upon the sopha, 'tis true, but I eat my meals with aunt Cass in a rational way, and can employ myself, and walk from one room to another.

Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh