• Whatever my powers--feminine or the contrary--God had given them, and I felt resolute to be ashamed of no faculty of his bestowal.

    Charlotte Bronte: Whatever my powers--feminine or the contrary--God had given them, and I felt resolute to be ashamed of no faculty of his bestowal.
    Charlotte Bronte (2009). “Villette: Easyread Edition”, p.157, ReadHowYouWant.com