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Quotes from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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1 She possessed eyes whose gaze I delighted to encounter.
2 I still possessed my senses, though just now I could not speak.
3 He was certain his possessions were real and vast: he made inquiries.
4 Life, however, was yet in my possession, with all its requirements, and pains, and responsibilities.
5 The present Mr. Rochester has not been very long in possession of the property; only about nine years.
6 Not a tie links me to any living thing: not a claim do I possess to admittance under any roof in England.
7 Both were fair complexioned and slenderly made; both possessed faces full of distinction and intelligence.
8 The instruments of transfer were drawn out: St. John, Diana, Mary, and I, each became possessed of a competency.
9 It contained a bookcase: I soon possessed myself of a volume, taking care that it should be one stored with pictures.
10 Mr. Rochester heard, but heeded not: he stood stubborn and rigid, making no movement but to possess himself of my hand.
11 It is a summer evening; the coachman has set me down at a place called Whitcross; he could take me no farther for the sum I had given, and I was not possessed of another shilling in the world.
12 Threading this chaos, I at last reached the larder; there I took possession of a cold chicken, a roll of bread, some tarts, a plate or two and a knife and fork: with this booty I made a hasty retreat.
13 I am only bound to invoke Memory where I know her responses will possess some degree of interest; therefore I now pass a space of eight years almost in silence: a few lines only are necessary to keep up the links of connection.
14 He seemed to devour me with his flaming glance: physically, I felt, at the moment, powerless as stubble exposed to the draught and glow of a furnace: mentally, I still possessed my soul, and with it the certainty of ultimate safety.
15 I was a mile from Thornfield, in a lane noted for wild roses in summer, for nuts and blackberries in autumn, and even now possessing a few coral treasures in hips and haws, but whose best winter delight lay in its utter solitude and leafless repose.
16 My father always cherished the idea that he would atone for his error by leaving his possessions to us; that letter informs us that he has bequeathed every penny to the other relation, with the exception of thirty guineas, to be divided between St. John, Diana, and Mary Rivers, for the purchase of three mourning rings.
17 , who advertised in the ---shire Herald of last Thursday, possesses the acquirements mentioned, and if she is in a position to give satisfactory references as to character and competency, a situation can be offered her where there is but one pupil, a little girl, under ten years of age; and where the salary is thirty pounds per annum.
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