Charlotte Brontë about revenge (“Jane Eyre”, 16 October 1847) - Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.
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“ Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned. ”
 Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (16 October 1847). copy citation

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Charlotte Brontë about revenge (“Jane Eyre”, 16 October 1847) - Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.
Charlotte Brontë about revenge (“Jane Eyre”, 16 October 1847) - Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.