All 3 Uses of
cessation
in
Jane Eyre
- Lulled by the sound, I at last dropped asleep; I had not long slumbered when the sudden cessation of motion awoke me; the coach-door was open, and a person like a servant was standing at it: I saw her face and dress by the light of the lamps.†
p. 51.4
- The tumult of cessation from lessons was already breaking forth, but it sank at her voice.†
p. 57.7 *
- At dark I allowed Adele to put away books and work, and to run downstairs; for, from the comparative silence below, and from the cessation of appeals to the door-bell, I conjectured that Mr. Rochester was now at liberty.†
p. 140.3
Definition:
a stopping