Both Uses of
personify
in
Wuthering Heights
- I did not know whether to resent this language or pursue my explanation; but he seemed so powerfully affected that I took pity and proceeded with my dreams; affirming I had never heard the appellation of 'Catherine Linton' before, but reading it often over produced an impression which personified itself when I had no longer my imagination under control.†
p. 19.4 *personified = was a perfect example of
- 'Five minutes ago Hareton seemed a personification of my youth, not a human being; I felt to him in such a variety of ways, that it would have been impossible to have accosted him rationally.†
p. 235.3
Definition:
to be a perfect example of; or to embody an abstract quality