All 13 Uses of
content
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- There he opened his safe, took from the most private part of it a document endorsed on the envelope as Dr. Jekyll's Will, and sat down with a clouded brow to study its contents.†
p. 11..7 (definition 1)
- I thank you, sir"; and the clerk laid the two sheets of paper alongside and sedulously compared their contents.†
p. 41..3 (definition 1)
- "PRIVATE: for the hands of G. J. Utterson ALONE and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread," so it was emphatically superscribed; and the lawyer dreaded to behold the contents.†
p. 46..6 (definition 1)
- Its contents ran thus: "Dr.†
p. 57..0 (definition 1)
- They mounted the stair in silence, and still with an occasional awe-struck glance at the dead body, proceeded more thoroughly to examine the contents of the cabinet.†
p. 66..2 (definition 1)
- The contents increased my wonder; for this is how the letter ran: "10th December, 18— "DEAR LANYON, You are one of my oldest friends; and although we may have differed at times on scientific questions, I cannot remember, at least on my side, any break in our affection.†
p. 70..5 (definition 1)
- The door of my cabinet is then to be forced: and you are to go in alone; to open the glazed press (letter E) on the left hand, breaking the lock if it be shut; and to draw out, with all its contents as they stand, the fourth drawer from the top or (which is the same thing) the third from the bottom.†
p. 71..5 (definition 1)
- In my extreme distress of wind, I have a morbid fear of misdirecting you; but even if I am in error, you may know the right drawer by its contents: some powders, a phial and a paper book.†
p. 71..7 (definition 1)
- Here I proceeded to examine its contents.†
p. 74..2 (definition 1)
- At sight of the contents, he uttered one loud sob of such immense relief that I sat petrified.†
p. 78..6 (definition 1)
- Once, very early in my career, it had totally failed me; since then I had been obliged on more than one occasion to double, and once, with infinite risk of death, to treble the amount; and these rare uncertainties had cast hitherto the sole shadow on my contentment.†
p. 95..4 (definition 1) *
- Yes, I preferred the elderly and discontented doctor, surrounded by friends and cherishing honest hopes; and bade a resolute farewell to the liberty, the comparative youth, the light step, leaping impulses and secret pleasures, that I had enjoyed in the disguise of Hyde.†
p. 96..6 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- It did not seem as if the subject of his address were of great importance; indeed, from his pointing, it sometimes appeared as if he were only inquiring his way; but the moon shone on his face as he spoke, and the girl was pleased to watch it, it seemed to breathe such an innocent and old-world kindness of disposition, yet with something high too, as of a well-founded self-content.†
p. 29..4 (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.