if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that." "Not a great deal, to be sure," agreed Bessie: "at any rate, a beauty like Miss Georgiana would be more moving in the... Jane Eyre - Page 23de Charlotte Brontë - 1864 - 483 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1859 - 684 pages
...were & nice, pretty chili, one might compassionate her forlornness ; but one really can not care ff orious researches in some widely extended dialects of East Africa, h Bes sie ; " at any rate, a beauty like Miss Georgiana would be more moving in the same condition."... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - 1872 - 520 pages
..."Poor Miss Jane is to be pitied, too, Abbot." " Yes," responded Abbot, " if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness ; but...Georgiana would be more moving in the same condition." " Yesj I doat on Miss Georgiana ! " cried the fervent Abbot. " Little darling !— with her long curls... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - 1893 - 372 pages
..." Poor Miss Jane is to be pitied, too, Abbot." "Yes," responded Abbot; "if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but...would be more moving in the same condition." " Yes, I doat on Miss Georgiana! " cried the fervent Abbot. " Little darling !—with her long curls and her... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - 1905 - 450 pages
...Poor Miss Jane is to be pitied, too, Abbot." " Yes," responded Abbot ; " if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness ; but...her long curls and her blue eyes, and such a sweet colour as she has ; just as if she were painted ! — Bessie, I could fancy a Welsh rabbit for supper."... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - 1905 - 356 pages
..." Poor Miss Jane is to be pitied, too, Abbot." " Yes," responded Abbot; "if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness ; but...would be more moving in the same condition." " Yes, I doat on Miss Georgiana ! " cried the fervent Abbot. " Little darling ! — with her long curls and... | |
| Helene Moglen - 1984 - 260 pages
...said, "Poor Miss Jane is to be pitied, too, Abbot." "Yes," responded Abbot, "if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but...really cannot care for such a little toad as that." (p. 26) But it is from John Reed, the violent, spoiled, bullying son that she learns most painfully... | |
| Helen Deutsch, Felicity Nussbaum - 2000 - 348 pages
..."a heterogeneous thing" (12); the servants spell it out in her hearing—"if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but...really cannot care for such a little toad as that" (21). Rivers refers to his "cold, hard ambition" as a "human deformity" covered by Christianity's "blood-bleached... | |
| Heather Glen - 2002 - 276 pages
...is Charlotte's metaphoric toad: the servants at Gateshead agree that 'if [Jane] were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but...really cannot care for such a little toad as that' (/£, 26). Whereas Agnes communes philosophically with herself on the subject of beauty, Jane speaks... | |
| Gavriel Reisner - 2003 - 286 pages
...interchange: . . . "Poor Miss Jane is to be pitied, too, Abbot." "Yes ... if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but...really cannot care for such a little toad as that." (3:21) Hearing the voices in pretended sleep, the dialogue occurs as if between maternal images in... | |
| Emily Auerbach - 2004 - 364 pages
...said, "Poor Miss Jane is to be pitied, too, Abbot." "Yes," responded Abbot, "if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but...Miss Georgiana!" cried the fervent Abbot. "Little darling!—with her long curls and her blue eyes." ir> Like Bronte, Austen knew there was injustice... | |
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