1 I rested my temples on the breast of temptation, and put my neck voluntarily under her yoke of flowers.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXXII 2 She wore an amber-coloured flower, too, in her hair: it contrasted well with the jetty mass of her curls.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XVI 3 When full of flowers they would doubtless look pretty; but now, at the latter end of January, all was wintry blight and brown decay.
4 There were no flowers, no garden-beds; only a broad gravel-walk girdling a grass-plat, and this set in the heavy frame of the forest.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXXVII 5 I was just beginning to stifle with the fumes of conservatory flowers and sprinkled essences, when I bethought myself to open the window and step out on to the balcony.
6 Externals have a great effect on the young: I thought that a fairer era of life was beginning for me, one that was to have its flowers and pleasures, as well as its thorns and toils.
7 We found the apartment vacant; a large fire burning silently on the marble hearth, and wax candles shining in bright solitude, amid the exquisite flowers with which the tables were adorned.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XVII 8 Georgiana sat on a high stool, dressing her hair at the glass, and interweaving her curls with artificial flowers and faded feathers, of which she had found a store in a drawer in the attic.
9 I led him out of the wet and wild wood into some cheerful fields: I described to him how brilliantly green they were; how the flowers and hedges looked refreshed; how sparklingly blue was the sky.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXXVII 10 No nook in the grounds more sheltered and more Eden-like; it was full of trees, it bloomed with flowers: a very high wall shut it out from the court, on one side; on the other, a beech avenue screened it from the lawn.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXIII 11 She boasted of beautiful paintings of landscapes and flowers by them executed; of songs they could sing and pieces they could play, of purses they could net, of French books they could translate; till my spirit was moved to emulation as I listened.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER III 12 Some of them threw themselves in half-reclining positions on the sofas and ottomans: some bent over the tables and examined the flowers and books: the rest gathered in a group round the fire: all talked in a low but clear tone which seemed habitual to them.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XVII 13 This done, I lingered yet a little longer: the flowers smelt so sweet as the dew fell; it was such a pleasant evening, so serene, so warm; the still glowing west promised so fairly another fine day on the morrow; the moon rose with such majesty in the grave east.
14 As we advanced and left the track, we trod a soft turf, mossy fine and emerald green, minutely enamelled with a tiny white flower, and spangled with a star-like yellow blossom: the hills, meantime, shut us quite in; for the glen, towards its head, wound to their very core.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXXIV 15 He strayed down a walk edged with box, with apple trees, pear trees, and cherry trees on one side, and a border on the other full of all sorts of old-fashioned flowers, stocks, sweet-williams, primroses, pansies, mingled with southernwood, sweet-briar, and various fragrant herbs.
16 Thursday came: all work had been completed the previous evening; carpets were laid down, bed-hangings festooned, radiant white counterpanes spread, toilet tables arranged, furniture rubbed, flowers piled in vases: both chambers and saloons looked as fresh and bright as hands could make them.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XVII