She burnt too bright for this world

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Please explain this threat "She burnt too bright for this world." I remember reading this in Wuthering Heights.

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vinhvo said:
Please explain this threat "She burnt too bright for this world." I remember reading this in Wuthering Heights.

Thanks,
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Do you have some context for us? The sentence seems to be about someone who is dead. Is she?
 
vinhvo said:
Please explain this threat "She burnt too bright for this world." I remember reading this in Wuthering Heights.

Thanks,
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That's not a threat.
 
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