“ You—you strange, you almost unearthly thing! —I love as my own flesh. You—poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are—I entreat to accept me as a husband. ”
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (16 October 1847). copy citation
| Author | Charlotte Brontë |
|---|---|
| Source | Jane Eyre |
| Topic | love husband flesh |
| Date | 16 October 1847 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1260/1260-h/1260-h.htm |
Context
“None: as I have taken pains to prove: I caused a rumour to reach her that my fortune was not a third of what was supposed, and after that I presented myself to see the result; it was coldness both from her and her mother. I would not—I could not—marry Miss Ingram. You—you strange, you almost unearthly thing!—I love as my own flesh. You—poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are—I entreat to accept me as a husband.»
«What, me!» I ejaculated, beginning in his earnestness—and especially in his incivility—to credit his sincerity: «me who have not a friend in the world but you—if you are my friend: not a shilling but what you have given me?»” source
«What, me!» I ejaculated, beginning in his earnestness—and especially in his incivility—to credit his sincerity: «me who have not a friend in the world but you—if you are my friend: not a shilling but what you have given me?»” source
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