All 4 Uses of
spectacle
in
Wuthering Heights
- This spectacle drove me back immediately; I took my hat, and, after a four-miles' walk, arrived at Heathcliff's garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow-shower.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1) *
- He, poor man, was perfectly aghast at the spectacle of Catherine seated on the same bench with Hareton Earnshaw, leaning her hand on his shoulder; and confounded at his favourite's endurance of her proximity: it affected him too deeply to allow an observation on the subject that night.†
Chpt 32 (definition 1)
- 'Night-walking amuses him, then,' I remarked, affecting a careless manner: in reality as surprised as she was, and anxious to ascertain the truth of her statement; for to see the master looking glad would not be an every-day spectacle.†
Chpt 34 (definition 1)
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- He pulled me under the chandelier, and Mrs. Linton placed her spectacles on her nose and raised her hands in horror.†
Chpt 6 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (spectacle) a notable or unusual event that attracts attention
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(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus) The term spectacles is also used to refer to eyeglasses.