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Quotes from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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1 A chapter having been read through twice, the books were closed and the girls examined.
2 Four tall girls arose from different tables, and going round, gathered the books and removed them.
3 A fire was lit in an apartment upstairs, and there I carried our books, and arranged it for the future schoolroom.
4 comprised in your initials written in books you have at different times lent me; but I never asked for what name it stood.
5 I devoured the books they lent me: then it was full satisfaction to discuss with them in the evening what I had perused during the day.
6 She was not good; she was not original: she used to repeat sounding phrases from books: she never offered, nor had, an opinion of her own.
7 A few strange, antique portraits of the men and women of other days decorated the stained walls; a cupboard with glass doors contained some books and an ancient set of china.
8 She boasted of beautiful paintings of landscapes and flowers by them executed; of songs they could sing and pieces they could play, of purses they could net, of French books they could translate; till my spirit was moved to emulation as I listened.
9 Pressed for further explanation, they declared she had told them of things they had said and done when they were mere children; described books and ornaments they had in their boudoirs at home: keepsakes that different relations had presented to them.
10 Most of the books were locked up behind glass doors; but there was one bookcase left open containing everything that could be needed in the way of elementary works, and several volumes of light literature, poetry, biography, travels, a few romances, &c.
11 A stand between them supported a second candle and two great volumes, to which they frequently referred, comparing them, seemingly, with the smaller books they held in their hands, like people consulting a dictionary to aid them in the task of translation.
12 Some of them threw themselves in half-reclining positions on the sofas and ottomans: some bent over the tables and examined the flowers and books: the rest gathered in a group round the fire: all talked in a low but clear tone which seemed habitual to them.
13 When I returned to my seat, that lady was just delivering an order of which I did not catch the import; but Burns immediately left the class, and going into the small inner room where the books were kept, returned in half a minute, carrying in her hand a bundle of twigs tied together at one end.