All 16 Uses of

repose

in

Jane Eyre

Resting my head on Helen's shoulder, I put my arms round her waist; she drew me to her, and we reposed in silence.†
Chpt 8 *

It might be two hours later, probably near eleven, when I — not having been able to fall asleep, and deeming, from the perfect silence of the dormitory, that my companions were all wrapt in profound repose — rose softly, put on my frock over my night-dress, and, without shoes, crept from the apartment, and set off in quest of Miss Temple's room.†
Chpt 9

I could not; though I had been on foot all day, I could not now repose an instant; I was too much excited.†
Chpt 10

I liked the hush, the gloom, the quaintness of these retreats in the day; but I by no means coveted a night's repose on one of those wide and heavy beds: shut in, some of them, with doors of oak; shaded, others, with wrought old English hangings crusted with thick work, portraying effigies of strange flowers, and stranger birds, and strangest human beings, — all which would have looked strange, indeed, by the pallid gleam of moonlight.†
Chpt 11

…and looking far down, I surveyed the grounds laid out like a map: the bright and velvet lawn closely girdling the grey base of the mansion; the field, wide as a park, dotted with its ancient timber; the wood, dun and sere, divided by a path visibly overgrown, greener with moss than the trees were with foliage; the church at the gates, the road, the tranquil hills, all reposing in the autumn day's sun; the horizon bounded by a propitious sky, azure, marbled with pearly white.†
Chpt 11

I was a mile from Thornfield, in a lane noted for wild roses in summer, for nuts and blackberries in autumn, and even now possessing a few coral treasures in hips and haws, but whose best winter delight lay in its utter solitude and leafless repose.†
Chpt 12

The confidence he had thought fit to repose in me seemed a tribute to my discretion: I regarded and accepted it as such.†
Chpt 15

"Don't be alarmed," continued the strange being; "she's a safe hand is Mrs. Poole: close and quiet; any one may repose confidence in her.†
Chpt 19

"Sir," I answered, "a wanderer's repose or a sinner's reformation should never depend on a fellow-creature.†
Chpt 20

"It is always the way of events in this life," he continued presently: "no sooner have you got settled in a pleasant resting-place, than a voice calls out to you to rise and move on, for the hour of repose is expired."†
Chpt 23

I remember Adele clung to me as I left her: I remember I kissed her as I loosened her little hands from my neck; and I cried over her with strange emotion, and quitted her because I feared my sobs would break her still sound repose.†
Chpt 25

I have no relative but the universal mother, Nature: I will seek her breast and ask repose.†
Chpt 28

When she left me, I felt comparatively strong and revived: ere long satiety of repose and desire for action stirred me.†
Chpt 29

"I believe you will accept the post I offer you," said he, "and hold it for a while: not permanently, though: any more than I could permanently keep the narrow and narrowing — the tranquil, hidden office of English country incumbent; for in your nature is an alloy as detrimental to repose as that in mine, though of a different kind."†
Chpt 30

…coloured as we see them in lovely pictures, large, and dark, and full; the long and shadowy eyelash which encircles a fine eye with so soft a fascination; the pencilled brow which gives such clearness; the white smooth forehead, which adds such repose to the livelier beauties of tint and ray; the cheek oval, fresh, and smooth; the lips, fresh too, ruddy, healthy, sweetly formed; the even and gleaming teeth without flaw; the small dimpled chin; the ornament of rich, plenteous tresses —…†
Chpt 31

To be privileged to put my arms round what I value — to press my lips to what I love — to repose on what I trust: is that to make a sacrifice?†
Chpt 37

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