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 Current Search - proposal in Jane Eyre
1  She proposed a walk in the grounds.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
2  I then proposed to occupy myself till dinner-time in drawing some little sketches for her use.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
3  The afternoon was wet: a walk the party had proposed to take to see a gipsy camp, lately pitched on a common beyond Hay, was consequently deferred.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
4  One of the gentlemen, Mr. Eshton, observing me, seemed to propose that I should be asked to join them; but Lady Ingram instantly negatived the notion.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
5  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
6  He seemed to think I had committed an impropriety in proposing to accompany him unmarried: as if I had not from the first hoped to find in him a brother, and habitually regarded him as such.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
7  I had indeed made my proposal from the idea that he wished and would ask me to be his wife: an expectation, not the less certain because unexpressed, had buoyed me up, that he would claim me at once as his own.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
8  I meant to tell my tale plainly, and make my proposals openly: and it appeared to me so absolutely rational that I should be considered free to love and be loved, I never doubted some woman might be found willing and able to understand my case and accept me, in spite of the curse with which I was burdened.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVII