All 6 Uses of
muse
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- 'No,' said Mrs Nickleby, musing.†
Chpt 19 (definition 1) *
- Ralph Nickleby read this letter twice, and frowning heavily, fell into a fit of musing; the paper fluttered from his hand and dropped upon the floor, but he clasped his fingers, as if he held it still.†
Chpt 33 (definition 1)
- He sat, in a musing attitude, for some time, regarding Smike occasionally with an anxious and doubtful glance, which sufficiently showed that he was not very remotely connected with his thoughts.†
Chpt 40 (definition 1)
- If I supposed you to be related to Foreign Powers or Native Boards, it is because you have a manner, a carriage, a dignity, which you will excuse my saying that none but yourself (with the single exception perhaps of the tragic muse, when playing extemporaneously on the barrel organ before the East India Company) can parallel.†
Chpt 41 (definition 2) *
- He smiled and shook his head, and resting his chin upon his hand, fell a musing, and smiled again.†
Chpt 44 (definition 1)
- No. Melt all these down into one, with the three Graces, the nine Muses, and fourteen biscuit-bakers' daughters from Oxford Street, and make a woman half as lovely.†
Chpt 49 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (muse as in: her musings) reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud
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(2) (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.