All 5 Uses of
aspiration
in
Jane Eyre
- And why had I these aspirations and these regrets?†
Chpt 11 *
- Vain aspiration!†
Chpt 20
- Her mind seemed wholly taken up with reminiscences of past gaiety, and aspirations after dissipations to come.†
Chpt 21
- When he had done, instead of feeling better, calmer, more enlightened by his discourse, I experienced an inexpressible sadness; for it seemed to me — I know not whether equally so to others — that the eloquence to which I had been listening had sprung from a depth where lay turbid dregs of disappointment — where moved troubling impulses of insatiate yearnings and disquieting aspirations.†
Chpt 30
- But, Jane, your aspirations after family ties and domestic happiness may be realised otherwise than by the means you contemplate: you may marry.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(aspiration) a cherished desire