All 5 Uses of
eloquent
in
Wuthering Heights
- I imagined, for a moment, that this piece of eloquence was addressed to me; and, sufficiently enraged, stepped towards the aged rascal with an intention of kicking him out of the door.†
Chpt 2 *
- Mr. Linton was extremely reluctant to consent, but I pleaded eloquently for the friendless condition in which he lay; and I said my old master and foster-brother had a claim on my services as strong as his own.†
Chpt 17
- It was more simple and more eloquent than her cousin's: very pretty and very silly.†
Chpt 21
- Heathcliff knew he could plead eloquently for Catherine's company, then.†
Chpt 25
- The mortal terror he felt of Mr. Heathcliff's anger restored to the boy his coward's eloquence.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(eloquent) powerful use of language