... the latter
was in a state of considerable irritation. They might have been talking, thus,
for a quarter of an hour or more, when Monks—by which name the Jew had
designated the strange man several ... people were abroad, and they were to all appearance hastening fast
home. It blew from the right quarter for the Jew, however, and straight
’And the boy, too,’ said the Jew, straining his eye...
... preferring the chance of being shot by his
friend, to the certainty of being taken by his enemies, fairly turned tail, and
darted off at full speed. Sikes clenched his teeth; took one look around; ... remind them of his superior position in society. But, death, fires, and
burglary, make all men equals; so Mr. Giles sat with his legs stretched out
before the kitchen fender, leaning his lef...
...
beneath it.
It was a lovely spot to which they repaired. Oliver, whose days had been
spent among squalid crowds, and in the midst of noise and brawling, seemed
buoyed him up, and sustained him, ... however, in the behaviour of his
benefactors. After another fortnight, when the fine warm weather had fairly
begun, and every tree and flower was putting forth its young leaves and rich
blos...
... it was
in the same quarter of the town, and was situated at no great distance from
his former lodgings. It was not, in appearance, so desirable a habitation as
his old quarters: being a mean ... said the people, turning to look after her as she rushed
away.
When she reached the more wealthy quarter of the town, the streets were
comparatively deserted; and here her headlong progress exci...
... know that had I been a sanguine,
brilliant, careless, exacting, handsome, romping child though equally
dependent and friendless Mrs. Reed would have endured my presence more
complacently; her ... else was still, had the
effect of a real spirit: I thought it like one of the tiny phantoms, half fairy,
half imp, Bessie's evening stories represented as coming out of lone, ferny
dells ....
... considered it a narrative of facts, and discovered in it a vein of
interest deeper than what I found in fairy tales: for as to the elves, having
I shook my head: I could not see how poor people had the ... appalling, her details of certain accomplishments attained by
these same young ladies were, I thought, equally attractive. She boasted of
beautiful paintings of landscapes and flowers b...
... after
him, hurried away.
The next day, (the family having been meanwhile relieved with a half-
quartern loaf and a piece of cheese, left with them by Mr. Bumble himself,)
Oliver and his master ... us what a beautiful thing human nature may be
made to be; and how impartially the same amiable qualities are developed in
the finest lord and the dirtiest charity-boy.
Oliver had been sojourni...
... though not in
reality exceeding eighty; they were uniformly dressed in brown stuff frocks
of quaint fashion, and long holland pinafores. It was the hour of study; they
were engaged in conning ... taking
than the title: "Rasselas" looked dull to my trifling taste; I saw nothing about
fairies, nothing about genii; no bright variety seemed spread over the
closely-printed pages. I...
... cold. Breakfast-time came at last, and this morning the
porridge was not burnt; the quality was eatable, the quantity small. How
small my portion seemed! I wished it had been doubled.
In the ... of Miss Scatcherd on the performance. It
was English history: among the readers I observed my acquaintance of the
verandah: at the commencement of the lesson, her place had been at the top
of
... Miss Temple, the thread I bought at Lowton will do; it struck me
that it would be just of the quality for the calico chemises, and I sorted the
needles to match. You may tell Miss Smith that ... settled gradually into petrified severity.
JANE EYRE
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Chapter 7
My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; and not the golden age either; it
comprised an irksome struggle