Both Uses of
ignoble
in
Jane Eyre
- In truth it was humble — but then it was sheltered, and I wanted a safe asylum: it was plodding — but then, compared with that of a governess in a rich house, it was independent; and the fear of servitude with strangers entered my soul like iron: it was not ignoble — not unworthy — not mentally degrading, I made my decision.†
p. 408.8
- I know it is ignoble: a mere fever of the flesh: not, I declare, the convulsion of the soul.†
p. 432.5 *
Definition:
dishonorable or lacking nobility