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1  Physically, she far excelled me: she was handsome; she was vigorous.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXX
2  She had evidently been a handsome woman, and was well preserved still.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVII
3  I had hardly ever seen a handsome youth; never in my life spoken to one.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII
4  He is a handsome man: tall, fair, with blue eyes, and a Grecian profile.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
5  I found it a large, handsome residence, showing abundant evidences of wealth in the proprietor.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
6  She had two successors: an Italian, Giacinta, and a German, Clara; both considered singularly handsome.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
7  He must love such a handsome, noble, witty, accomplished lady; and probably she loves him, or, if not his person, at least his purse.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  This was a full-blown, very plump damsel, fair as waxwork, with handsome and regular features, languishing blue eyes, and ringleted yellow hair.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
9  He was not a man given to wine, or cards, or racing, as some are, and he was not so very handsome; but he had a courage and a will of his own, if ever man had.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
10  Had he been a handsome, heroic-looking young gentleman, I should not have dared to stand thus questioning him against his will, and offering my services unasked.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII
11  When we left the dining-room, she proposed to show me over the rest of the house; and I followed her upstairs and downstairs, admiring as I went; for all was well arranged and handsome.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
12  Had Grace been young and handsome, I should have been tempted to think that tenderer feelings than prudence or fear influenced Mr. Rochester in her behalf; but, hard-favoured and matronly as she was, the idea could not be admitted.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
13  Dark handsome new carpets and curtains, an arrangement of some carefully selected antique ornaments in porcelain and bronze, new coverings, and mirrors, and dressing-cases, for the toilet tables, answered the end: they looked fresh without being glaring.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
14  For a handsome and not an unamiable-looking man, he repelled me exceedingly: there was no power in that smooth-skinned face of a full oval shape: no firmness in that aquiline nose and small cherry mouth; there was no thought on the low, even forehead; no command in that blank, brown eye.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
15  I sometimes regretted that I was not handsomer; I sometimes wished to have rosy cheeks, a straight nose, and small cherry mouth; I desired to be tall, stately, and finely developed in figure; I felt it a misfortune that I was so little, so pale, and had features so irregular and so marked.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
16  I have scarcely interchanged a syllable with one of them; and as to thinking well of them, I consider some respectable, and stately, and middle-aged, and others young, dashing, handsome, and lively: but certainly they are all at liberty to be the recipients of whose smiles they please, without my feeling disposed to consider the transaction of any moment to me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIX