Governesses

Examples

• Gentlemen in his station are not accustomed to marry their governesses. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I don't trust them governesses, Pinner, she remarked to the maid. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Governesses,' she observed, 'must ever be kept in a sort of isolation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My dearest, don't mention governesses; the word makes me nervous. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He never reproves and reproves, as girls' governesses do. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Are they to be shirt-makers, or governesses? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Oh, governesses--or widows. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Sir Pitt might have said he and his family, to be sure; but rich baronets do not need to be careful about grammar, as poor governesses must be. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It is not in your nature to bear the desolate life governesses generally lead; you would fall ill. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Not three in three thousand raw school-girl-governesses would have answered me as you have just done. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Very few governesses in England are getting 100 pounds a year. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Edited by Beverly