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From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

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From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

contrary to your interests or welfare

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a proposal for an appropriate course of action

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a positive feeling of liking

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

later than; following

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

marked by strong resentment or cynicism

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

make a strident sound

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

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From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

an onerous or difficult concern

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

made or become different in nature or form

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

the person or thing chosen or selected

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

(American football) a successful forward pass in football

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

intentionally conceived

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

approval

From this reading For I early found I must credit only the internal evidence of the Brontë works as my interpretative guide.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

recognizable; marked

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

although something is true; in spite of

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

(law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

-ing form of “discover” — discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

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From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

having the power of driving or impelling

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

earlier in time; previously

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading For I early found I must credit only the internal evidence of the Brontë works as my interpretative guide.

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From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

plural of “elli” — (Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading For I early found I must credit only the internal evidence of the Brontë works as my interpretative guide.

beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a social unit living together

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

set up or found

From this reading For I early found I must credit only the internal evidence of the Brontë works as my interpretative guide.

enclose in or as if in a frame

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

someone employed to conduct others

From this reading For I early found I must credit only the internal evidence of the Brontë works as my interpretative guide.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

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From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a high place

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

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From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

having the identity known or established

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface

From this reading For I early found I must credit only the internal evidence of the Brontë works as my interpretative guide.

that provides interpretation

From this reading For I early found I must credit only the internal evidence of the Brontë works as my interpretative guide.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

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From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a polite name for any woman

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

take in marriage

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading For I early found I must credit only the internal evidence of the Brontë works as my interpretative guide.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

not one and not the other of two

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

not any; not one

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

and nothing more

From this reading For I early found I must credit only the internal evidence of the Brontë works as my interpretative guide.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

a strong feeling or emotion

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

inflected form of “pen” — produce a literary work

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

the state of being present; current existence

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

plural of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

-ing form of “purport” — have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

of or relating to or consisting of a quarter

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

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From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

determined

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

take up or begin anew

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

a new appraisal or evaluation

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

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From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

move hurridly

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

cut with a saw

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

express in words

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

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From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

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From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

not in physical motion

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

persistent determination

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

a special situation

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

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From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

a moral or mental distortion

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

at the time that

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading After the close of 1850, Charlotte Brontë resolved into the mood which was an earlier characteristic; and the choice of the name of Snowe for herself and the extraordinary tenacity with which she held to the name, having it re-inscribed in _Villette_ by the printers though she had herself changed it, show she had returned somewhat to that state in regard to her affection for M. Héger responsible for the passionateness of her _Wuthering Heights_.

a Caucasian

From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.

to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly.

buildings for carrying on industrial labor

From this reading For I early found I must credit only the internal evidence of the Brontë works as my interpretative guide.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading And as following the completion of _Villette_ she decided to marry a man she did not really love, I would say her mood was honestly in sympathy with that in which she wrote _Wuthering Heights_ through bitter, adverse circumstances and the warping of destiny, and did not result from Sydney Dobell's advice to her when, having read _Shirley_ and _Jane Eyre_, and despite her disclaimer in a preface, thinking she was the author of _Wuthering Heights_, he advised her to resume the frame of mind in which she had penned her _Wuthering Heights_.[88] Dobell's supposition that she wrote the book had no connection whatsoever with my discovering Charlotte Brontë was the author of _Wuthering Heights_; neither had the fact that Miss Rigby--Lady Eastlake--in _The Quarterly Review_, spoke of _Wuthering Heights_ as "purporting to be written by Ellis Bell" but having "a decided family likeness to _Jane Eyre_," and with still more point, identified "Catherine and Heathcliffe of _Wuthering Heights_ as Jane and Rochester of _Jane Eyre_ in their native state."

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From this reading This pair neither heard the long "wuthering" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted; each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.