All 8 Uses of
muse
in
Bleak House
- It was not for me to muse over bygones, but to act with a cheerful spirit and a grateful heart.†
Chpt 4-6 (definition 1) *
- "I haven't the least idea," said Richard, musing, "what I had better be.†
Chpt 13-15 (definition 2)
- He has more leisure for musing in Staple Inn and in the Rolls Yard during the long vacation than at other seasons, and he says to the two 'prentices, what a thing it is in such hot weather to think that you live in an island with the sea a-rolling and a-bowling right round you.†
Chpt 19-21 (definition 2)
- "So I am told, sir," returned Mr. George, still musing and looking on the ground.†
Chpt 22-24 (definition 2) *
- And why the devil that young woman won't sit down like a Christian," says Mr. George with his eyes musingly fixed on Judy, "I can't comprehend."†
Chpt 25-27 (definition 2)
- Is this Lady Dedlock standing beside the village beauty, smoothing her dark hair with that motherly touch, and watching her with eyes so full of musing interest?†
Chpt 28-30 (definition 2)
- "Is it," Mr. George still muses, "blank cartridge or ball?"†
Chpt 34-36 (definition 1)
- "There never was," said my guardian, musing as he smiled upon me, "such a Dame Durden for making money last."†
Chpt 61-63 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (muse as in: She was his muse) the source of an artist's inspiration - especially a person or mythological goddesseditor's notes: The 9 muses were the daughters of the Greek gods Zeus & Mnemosyne. Each of the muses was thought to inspire and preside over one of the arts.
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(2) (muse as in: her musings) reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud