The Novels of the Sisters Brontë ...: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

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J. M. Dent, 1905
 

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Página 67 - I know not whether the day was fair or foul; in descending the drive. I gazed neither on sky nor earth: my heart was with my eyes; and both seemed migrated into Mr. Rochester's frame. I wanted to see the invisible thing on which, as we went along, he appeared to fasten a glance fierce and fell. I wanted to feel the thoughts whose force he seemed breasting and resisting. At the churchyard wicket he stopped: he discovered I was quite out of breath. 'Am I cruel in my love?' he said. 'Delay an instant:...
Página 257 - It was as still as a church on a week-day ; the pattering rain on the forest leaves was the only sound audible in its vicinage. " Can there be life here ?
Página 187 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep,* And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep,* The loophole grates, where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
Página 61 - ... the child clung round my neck in terror and almost strangled me. At last I gained the summit. I saw you like a speck on a white track, lessening every moment. The blast blew so strong I could not stand. I sat down on the narrow ledge ; I hushed the scared infant in my lap : you turned an angle of the road ; I bent forward to take a last look ; the wall crumbled ; I was shaken ; the child rolled from my knee ; I lost my balance, fell, and woke.
Página 110 - Gateshead j that the night was dark, and my mind impressed with strange fears. The light that long ago had struck me into syncope, recalled in this vision, seemed glidingly to mount the wall, and tremblingly to pause in the centre of the obscured ceiling. I lifted up my head to look : the roof resolved to clouds, high and dim ; the gleam was such as the moon imparts to vapours she is about to sever. I watched her come — watched with the strangest anticipation ; as though some word of doom were...
Página 22 - I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you." Another effort set me at liberty, and I stood erect before him. "And your will shall decide your destiny," he said: "I offer you my hand, my heart, and a share of all my possessions.
Página 265 - My spirits were excited, and with pleasure and ease I talked to him during supper, and for a long time after. There was no harassing restraint, no repressing of glee and vivacity, with him ; for with him I was at perfect ease, because I knew I suited him : all I said or did seemed either to console or revive him. Delightful consciousness ! It brought to life and light my whole nature : in his presence I thoroughly lived ; and he lived in mine. Blind as he was, smiles played over his face, joy dawned...
Página 278 - Jane! you think me, I daresay, an irreligious dog: but my heart swells with gratitude to the beneficent God of this earth just now. He sees not as man sees, but far clearer: judges not as man judges, but far more wisely. I did wrong: I would have sullied my innocent flower - breathed guilt on its purity: the Omnipotent snatched it from me. I, in my stiff-necked rebellion, almost cursed the dispensation: instead of bending to the decree, I defied it. Divine justice pursued its course; disasters came...
Página 87 - Jane! will you hear reason?' (he stooped and approached his lips to my ear); 'because, if you won't, I'll try violence.' His voice was hoarse; his look that of a man who is just about to burst an insufferable bond and plunge headlong into wild license.
Página 71 - I will produce him first — he is on the spot. Mr: Mason, have the goodness to step forward." Mr. Rochester, on hearing the name, set his teeth. He experienced, too, a sort of strong convulsive quiver ; near to him as I was, I felt the spasmodic movement of fury or despair run through his frame. The second stranger, who had hitherto lingered in the background, now drew near : a pale face looked over the solicitor's shoulder — yes, it was Mason himself. Mr. Rochester turned and glared at him. His...

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