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1  I entreated, and finally attempted to force her to retire.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  I said Heathcliff forced me to go in: which was not quite true.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
3  Our first thought, on his departure, was to force an exit somewhere.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
4  The difference between him and the others forced me to be less partial.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  I was forced to pass the front windows to get to the court: it was no use trying to conceal my presence.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
6  Heathcliff pulled it away by main force, slitting up the flesh as it passed on, and thrust it dripping into his pocket.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  Well, Mr. Lockwood, I argued and complained, and flatly refused him fifty times; but in the long run he forced me to an agreement.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  But when we reached him, and that was scarcely a quarter of a mile from his own door, we found he had no horse; and we were forced to dismount, and leave ours to graze.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
9  He talked now, freely enough; and she presently saw fit to retreat to her solitude: but the frost had set in, and, in spite of her pride, she was forced to condescend to our company, more and more.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  I sat and thought a doleful time: the clock struck eight, and nine, and still my companion paced to and fro, his head bent on his breast, and perfectly silent, unless a groan or a bitter ejaculation forced itself out at intervals.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIII
11  Heathcliff received no flogging, but he was told that the first word he spoke to Miss Catherine should ensure a dismissal; and Mrs. Earnshaw undertook to keep her sister-in-law in due restraint when she returned home; employing art, not force: with force she would have found it impossible.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VI
12  For one thing, she was forbidden to move out of the garden, and it fretted her sadly to be confined to its narrow bounds as spring drew on; for another, in following the house, I was forced to quit her frequently, and she complained of loneliness: she preferred quarrelling with Joseph in the kitchen to sitting at peace in her solitude.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
13  It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I