All 19 Uses of
dispose
in
Jane Eyre
- I resisted all the way: a new thing for me, and a circumstance which greatly strengthened the bad opinion Bessie and Miss Abbot were disposed to entertain of me.†
Chpt 2
- The fact is, after my conflict with and victory over Mrs. Reed, I was not disposed to care much for the nursemaid's transitory anger; and I WAS disposed to bask in her youthful lightness of heart.†
Chpt 4
- The fact is, after my conflict with and victory over Mrs. Reed, I was not disposed to care much for the nursemaid's transitory anger; and I WAS disposed to bask in her youthful lightness of heart.†
Chpt 4
- I should have been afraid to touch a horse when alone, but when told to do it, I was disposed to obey.†
Chpt 12
- At this moment I am not disposed to accost her.†
Chpt 13 *
- Young lady, I am disposed to be gregarious and communicative to-night.†
Chpt 14
- "I am disposed to be gregarious and communicative to-night," he repeated, "and that is why I sent for you: the fire and the chandelier were not sufficient company for me; nor would Pilot have been, for none of these can talk.†
Chpt 14
- Still she had her merits; and I was disposed to appreciate all that was good in her to the utmost.†
Chpt 15
- The servants were called in, the dining-room tables wheeled away, the lights otherwise disposed, the chairs placed in a semicircle opposite the arch.†
Chpt 18
- I have scarcely interchanged a syllable with one of them; and as to thinking well of them, I consider some respectable, and stately, and middle-aged, and others young, dashing, handsome, and lively: but certainly they are all at liberty to be the recipients of whose smiles they please, without my feeling disposed to consider the transaction of any moment to me.†
Chpt 19
- As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives; though I daresay it would be silent on much the heart experiences.†
Chpt 19
- I soon rose, quietly took off my bonnet and gloves, uninvited, and said I would just step out to Bessie — who was, I dared say, in the kitchen — and ask her to ascertain whether Mrs. Reed was disposed to receive me or not to-night.†
Chpt 21
- She told me one evening, when more disposed to be communicative than usual, that John's conduct, and the threatened ruin of the family, had been a source of profound affliction to her: but she had now, she said, settled her mind, and formed her resolution.†
Chpt 21
- I shall keep out of your way all day, as I have been accustomed to do: you may send for me in the evening, when you feel disposed to see me, and I'll come then; but at no other time."†
Chpt 24
- Last January, rid of all mistresses — in a harsh, bitter frame of mind, the result of a useless, roving, lonely life — corroded with disappointment, sourly disposed against all men, and especially against all womankind (for I began to regard the notion of an intellectual, faithful, loving woman as a mere dream), recalled by business, I came back to England.†
Chpt 27
- I found estimable characters amongst them — characters desirous of information and disposed for improvement — with whom I passed many a pleasant evening hour in their own homes.†
Chpt 32
- Since I had ascertained that Rosamond really preferred him, and that her father was not likely to oppose the match, I — less exalted in my views than St. John — had been strongly disposed in my own heart to advocate their union.†
Chpt 32
- I must enjoy them now; don't recall either my mind or body to the school; I am out of it and disposed for full holiday."†
Chpt 34
- I am disposed to be as content as a queen, and you try to stir me up to restlessness!†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(dispose as in: dispose of the waste) to throw away