All 45 Uses of
content
in
Jane Eyre
- …she had dispensed from joining the group; saying, "She regretted to be under the necessity of keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from Bessie, and could discover by her own observation, that I was endeavouring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition, a more attractive and sprightly manner — something lighter, franker, more natural, as it were — she really must exclude me from privileges intended only for contented, happy, little children."†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- The house-maid alone came here on Saturdays, to wipe from the mirrors and the furniture a week's quiet dust: and Mrs. Reed herself, at far intervals, visited it to review the contents of a certain secret drawer in the wardrobe, where were stored divers parchments, her jewel-casket, and a miniature of her deceased husband; and in those last words lies the secret of the red-room — the spell which kept it so lonely in spite of its grandeur.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- I saw a universal manifestation of discontent when the fumes of the repast met the nostrils of those destined to swallow it; from the van of the procession, the tall girls of the first class, rose the whispered words — "Disgusting!†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- I did so; a brief examination convinced me that the contents were less taking than the title: "Rasselas" looked dull to my trifling taste; I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii; no bright variety seemed spread over the closely-printed pages.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- A change had taken place in the weather the preceding evening, and a keen north-east wind, whistling through the crevices of our bedroom windows all night long, had made us shiver in our beds, and turned the contents of the ewers to ice.†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- Many a time I have shared between two claimants the precious morsel of brown bread distributed at tea-time; and after relinquishing to a third half the contents of my mug of coffee, I have swallowed the remainder with an accompaniment of secret tears, forced from me by the exigency of hunger.†
Chpt 7 (definition 1)
- She kissed me, and still keeping me at her side (where I was well contented to stand, for I derived a child's pleasure from the contemplation of her face, her dress, her one or two ornaments, her white forehead, her clustered and shining curls, and beaming dark eyes), she proceeded to address Helen Burns.†
Chpt 8 (definition 1)
- She peered at me over her spectacles, and then she opened a drawer and fumbled among its contents for a long time, so long that my hopes began to falter.†
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
- There still remained an inch of candle: I now took out my letter; the seal was an initial F.; I broke it; the contents were brief.†
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
- I suppose he had considered that these were all the governess would require for her private perusal; and, indeed, they contented me amply for the present; compared with the scanty pickings I had now and then been able to glean at Lowood, they seemed to offer an abundant harvest of entertainment and information.†
Chpt 11 (definition 1)
- Many, no doubt; and I shall be called discontented.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1) *
- …to visit the library, where I knew she was not wanted; then, when I got a little angry, and made her sit still, she continued to talk incessantly of her "ami, Monsieur Edouard Fairfax DE Rochester," as she dubbed him (I had not before heard his prenomens), and to conjecture what presents he had brought her: for it appears he had intimated the night before, that when his luggage came from Millcote, there would be found amongst it a little box in whose contents she had an interest.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- Well, fetch me your portfolio, if you can vouch for its contents being original; but don't pass your word unless you are certain: I can recognise patchwork."†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- One day he had had company to dinner, and had sent for my portfolio; in order, doubtless, to exhibit its contents: the gentlemen went away early, to attend a public meeting at Millcote, as Mrs. Fairfax informed me; but the night being wet and inclement, Mr. Rochester did not accompany them.†
Chpt 14 (definition 1)
- Adele, indeed, no sooner saw Mrs. Fairfax, than she summoned her to her sofa, and there quickly filled her lap with the porcelain, the ivory, the waxen contents of her "boite;" pouring out, meantime, explanations and raptures in such broken English as she was mistress of.†
Chpt 14 (definition 1)
- As he had said, there was probably nothing at all extraordinary in the substance of the narrative itself: a wealthy Englishman's passion for a French dancer, and her treachery to him, were everyday matters enough, no doubt, in society; but there was something decidedly strange in the paroxysm of emotion which had suddenly seized him when he was in the act of expressing the present contentment of his mood, and his newly revived pleasure in the old hall and its environs.†
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- Why my hand shook, and why I involuntarily spilt half the contents of my cup into my saucer, I did not choose to consider.†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- Mrs. Fairfax was summoned to give information respecting the resources of the house in shawls, dresses, draperies of any kind; and certain wardrobes of the third storey were ransacked, and their contents, in the shape of brocaded and hooped petticoats, satin sacques, black modes, lace lappets, &c.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- Somebody, unseen, rang the bell merrily; then Adele (who had insisted on being one of her guardian's party), bounded forward, scattering round her the contents of a basket of flowers she carried on her arm.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- He swallowed the contents and returned it to me.†
Chpt 19 (definition 1)
- I see genuine contentment in your gait and mien, your eye and face, when you are helping me and pleasing me — working for me, and with me, in, as you characteristically say, 'ALL THAT IS RIGHT:' for if I bid you do what you thought wrong, there would be no light-footed running, no neat-handed alacrity, no lively glance and animated complexion.†
Chpt 20 (definition 1)
- I reflected, and in truth it appeared to me the only possible one: satisfied I was not, but to please him I endeavoured to appear so — relieved, I certainly did feel; so I answered him with a contented smile.†
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- I, who preached contentment with a humble lot, and justified the vocation even of hewers of wood and drawers of water in God's service — I, His ordained minister, almost rave in my restlessness.†
Chpt 30 (definition 1)
- …swelled with thankfulness than sank with dejection: and yet, reader, to tell you all, in the midst of this calm, this useful existence — after a day passed in honourable exertion amongst my scholars, an evening spent in drawing or reading contentedly alone — I used to rush into strange dreams at night: dreams many-coloured, agitated, full of the ideal, the stirring, the stormy — dreams where, amidst unusual scenes, charged with adventure, with agitating risk and romantic chance, I…†
Chpt 32 (definition 1)
- Thank you: that contents me for to-night.†
Chpt 33 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- I had given in allegiance to duty and order; I was quiet; I believed I was content: to the eyes of others, usually even to my own, I appeared a disciplined and subdued character.†
Chpt 10 (definition 2)
- Our progress was leisurely, and gave me ample time to reflect; I was content to be at length so near the end of my journey; and as I leaned back in the comfortable though not elegant conveyance, I meditated much at my ease.†
Chpt 11 (definition 2)
- At once weary and content, I slept soon and soundly: when I awoke it was broad day.†
Chpt 11 (definition 2)
- She made reasonable progress, entertained for me a vivacious, though perhaps not very profound, affection; and by her simplicity, gay prattle, and efforts to please, inspired me, in return, with a degree of attachment sufficient to make us both content in each other's society.†
Chpt 12 (definition 2)
- And then they had called her to a sofa, where she now sat, ensconced between them, chattering alternately in French and broken English; absorbing not only the young ladies' attention, but that of Mrs. Eshton and Lady Lynn, and getting spoilt to her heart's content.†
Chpt 17 (definition 2)
- No, sir; I am content.†
Chpt 20 (definition 2) *
- If one shook hands, for instance; but no — that would not content me either.†
Chpt 21 (definition 2)
- I told her he was rather an ugly man, but quite a gentleman; and that he treated me kindly, and I was content.†
Chpt 21 (definition 2)
- I looked at it; I smiled at the speaking likeness: I was absorbed and content.†
Chpt 21 (definition 2)
- "I will tease you and vex you to your heart's content, when I have finished my tale: but hear me to the end."†
Chpt 25 (definition 2)
- I was at once content and stimulated with what I saw: I liked what I had seen, and wished to see more.†
Chpt 27 (definition 2)
- Zealous in his ministerial labours, blameless in his life and habits, he yet did not appear to enjoy that mental serenity, that inward content, which should be the reward of every sincere Christian and practical philanthropist.†
Chpt 30 (definition 2)
- I am sure you cannot long be content to pass your leisure in solitude, and to devote your working hours to a monotonous labour wholly void of stimulus: any more than I can be content," he added, with emphasis, "to live here buried in morass, pent in with mountains — my nature, that God gave me, contravened; my faculties, heaven-bestowed, paralysed — made useless.†
Chpt 30 (definition 2)
- I am sure you cannot long be content to pass your leisure in solitude, and to devote your working hours to a monotonous labour wholly void of stimulus: any more than I can be content," he added, with emphasis, "to live here buried in morass, pent in with mountains — my nature, that God gave me, contravened; my faculties, heaven-bestowed, paralysed — made useless.†
Chpt 30 (definition 2)
- Was I very gleeful, settled, content, during the hours I passed in yonder bare, humble schoolroom this morning and afternoon?†
Chpt 31 (definition 2)
- "Very well; I hope you feel the content you express: at any rate, your good sense will tell you that it is too soon yet to yield to the vacillating fears of Lot's wife.†
Chpt 31 (definition 2)
- I am disposed to be as content as a queen, and you try to stir me up to restlessness!†
Chpt 34 (definition 2)
- I will think what you like, sir: I am content to be only your nurse, if you think it better.†
Chpt 37 (definition 2)
- But if you wish me to love you, could you but see how much I DO love you, you would be proud and content.†
Chpt 37 (definition 2)
- Famine for food, expectation for content.†
Chpt 37 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.