All 8 Uses of
vengeance
in
Jane Eyre
- Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.†
p. 45.9vengeance = the act of taking revenge
- It is not violence that best overcomes hate — nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.
p. 69.2 *
- "Little friend," said he, in quite a changed tone — while his face changed too, losing all its softness and gravity, and becoming harsh and sarcastic — "you have noticed my tender penchant for Miss Ingram: don't you think if I married her she would regenerate me with a vengeance?"†
p. 253.4 *with a vengeance = with intensity
- It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion.†
p. 265.7vengeance = the act of taking revenge
- I care not in this moment sweet,
Though all I have rushed o'er
Should come on pinion, strong and fleet,
Proclaiming vengeance sore:†p. 313.9
- Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming.†
p. 316.2
- Both by nature and principle, he was superior to the mean gratification of vengeance: he had forgiven me for saying I scorned him and his love, but he had not forgotten the words; and as long as he and I lived he never would forget them.†
p. 473.4
- My very soul demands you: it will be satisfied, or it will take deadly vengeance on its frame.†
p. 502.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(vengeance as in: vengeance is mine) the act of taking revenge
(Revenge means to harm someone to get them back for something harmful that they have done.) -
(2)
(with a vengeance as in: with a vengeance) with intensity