All 9 Uses of
disposition
in
Wuthering Heights
- By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.†
Chpt 1
- Then personal appearance sympathised with mental deterioration: he acquired a slouching gait and ignoble look; his naturally reserved disposition was exaggerated into an almost idiotic excess of unsociable moroseness; and he took a grim pleasure, apparently, in exciting the aversion rather than the esteem of his few acquaintance.†
Chpt 8
- It's a kindness to let you have a glimpse of her genuine disposition.'†
Chpt 8 *
- Leaving aside the degradation of an alliance with a nameless man, and the possible fact that his property, in default of heirs male, might pass into such a one's power, he had sense to comprehend Heathcliff's disposition: to know that, though his exterior was altered, his mind was unchangeable and unchanged.†
Chpt 10
- 'The master will inform you,' I answered; 'but you are acquainted with the Earnshaws' violent dispositions, and Mrs. Linton caps them all.†
Chpt 12
- My master, perceiving that she would not take his word for her uncle-in-law's evil disposition, gave a hasty sketch of his conduct to Isabella, and the manner in which Wuthering Heights became his property.†
Chpt 21
- I thoroughly gauged his disposition from his behaviour, and saw at once it would be folly to attempt humouring him.†
Chpt 23
- Perhaps, had he been aware of his nephew's disposition and state of health, he would have seen fit to withhold even that slight consolation.†
Chpt 24
- I shall set out for London next week; and I must give you warning that I feel no disposition to retain Thrushcross Grange beyond the twelve months I agreed to rent it.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(disposition as in: a kind disposition) someone's normal mood, personality, or typical way of behaving