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standing above others in attainment or reputation
- Then take my word for it, — I am not a villain: you are not to suppose that — not to attribute to me any such bad eminence; but, owing, I verily believe, rather to circumstances than to my natural bent, I am a trite commonplace sinner, hackneyed in all the poor petty dissipations with which the rich and worthless try to put on life.Chapter 14 (63% in)
- I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends and mount to lofty eminence.Chapter 32 (89% in)
- He had the advice of an eminent oculist; and he eventually recovered the sight of that one eye.Chapter 38 — Conclusion (70% in)
There are no more uses of "eminent" in Jane Eyre.
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