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done regularly
- He gorged himself habitually at table, which made him bilious, and gave him a dim and bleared eye and flabby cheeks.Chapter 1 (59% in)
- Habitually obedient to John, I came up to his chair: he spent some three minutes in thrusting out his tongue at me as far as he could without damaging the roots: I knew he would soon strike, and while dreading the blow, I mused on the disgusting and ugly appearance of him who would presently deal it.Chapter 1 (71% in)
- My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn depression, fell damp on the embers of my decaying ire.Chapter 2 (67% in)
- Miss Gryce snored at last; she was a heavy Welshwoman, and till now her habitual nasal strains had never been regarded by me in any other light than as a nuisance; to-night I hailed the first deep notes with satisfaction; I was debarrassed of interruption; my half-effaced thought instantly revived.Chapter 10 (30% in)
- Some of them threw themselves in half-reclining positions on the sofas and ottomans: some bent over the tables and examined the flowers and books: the rest gathered in a group round the fire: all talked in a low but clear tone which seemed habitual to them.Chapter 17 (49% in)
- It was not, however, so saturnine a pride! she laughed continually; her laugh was satirical, and so was the habitual expression of her arched and haughty lip.Chapter 17 (56% in)
- It was evident that in their former intercourse, the passive disposition of the one had been habitually influenced by the active energy of the other: whence then had arisen Mr. Rochester's dismay when he heard of Mr. Mason's arrival?Chapter 20 (39% in)
- Poor, suffering woman! it was too late for her to make now the effort to change her habitual frame of mind: living, she had ever hated me — dying, she must hate me still.Chapter 21 (97% in)
- Your habitual expression in those days, Jane, was a thoughtful look; not despondent, for you were not sickly; but not buoyant, for you had little hope, and no actual pleasure.Chapter 27 (70% in)
- He seemed to think I had committed an impropriety in proposing to accompany him unmarried: as if I had not from the first hoped to find in him a brother, and habitually regarded him as such.Chapter 35 (53% in)
- He sat in his chair — still, but not at rest: expectant evidently; the lines of now habitual sadness marking his strong features.Chapter 37 (51% in)
There are no more uses of "habitual" in Jane Eyre.
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