All 9 Uses of
abide
in
Wuthering Heights
- But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living.†
Chpt 1
- His abode at the Heights was an oppression past explaining.†
Chpt 10 *
- 'You've a nice house, Joseph,' I could not refrain from observing, 'and pleasant inmates; and I think the concentrated essence of all the madness in the world took up its abode in my brain the day I linked my fate with theirs!†
Chpt 13
- And I, in my secret heart (and conscience never reproached me), thought what a blessing it would be for HIM should Heathcliff put him out of misery; and what a blessing for ME should he send Heathcliff to his right abode!†
Chpt 17
- And far rather would I be condemned to a perpetual dwelling in the infernal regions than, even for one night, abide beneath the roof of Wuthering Heights again.'†
Chpt 17
- I believe her new abode was in the south, near London; there she had a son born a few months subsequent to her escape.†
Chpt 17
- He surveyed the carved front and low-browed lattices, the straggling gooseberry-bushes and crooked firs, with solemn intentness, and then shook his head: his private feelings entirely disapproved of the exterior of his new abode.†
Chpt 20
- I couldn't abide to be present at their meeting.†
Chpt 28 *
- This September I was invited to devastate the moors of a friend in the north, and on my journey to his abode, I unexpectedly came within fifteen miles of Gimmerton.†
Chpt 32
Definitions:
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(abide as in: abide in the forest) to live in a place
or more rarely: to live with someone or something
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(abide as in: abide by her decision) to tolerate or put up with something