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Definition
reject as not good enough
- At Lowood, indeed, I took that resolution, kept it, and succeeded in pleasing; but with Mrs. Reed, I remember my best was always spurned with scorn.Chapter 11 (11% in)
- In the course of the tale I had mentioned Mr. Lloyd as having come to see me after the fit: for I never forgot the, to me, frightful episode of the red-room: in detailing which, my excitement was sure, in some degree, to break bounds; for nothing could soften in my recollection the spasm of agony which clutched my heart when Mrs. Reed spurned my wild supplication for pardon, and locked me a second time in the dark and haunted chamber.Chapter 8 (48% in)
- The first I chose was Celine Varens — another of those steps which make a man spurn himself when he recalls them.Chapter 27 (57% in)
There are no more uses of "spurn" in Jane Eyre.
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