Let's look at more of the context. This was spoken by Ms. Bennett to her husband, Mr. Bennett, after a ball in which Mr. Darcy snubbed her daughters. As Mr. Bennett has a talent for using words to indirectly influence others, Ms. Bennett uses "set down" to indicate words that Mr. Bennett would tactfully use to "put" Mr. Darcy in his place to knock him off his "his high horse". Someone else might do this by using rude words, but Mr. Bennett would find a more amusing and sophisticated way to get his point across.