 It may n't be good luck to be a woman," she said. " But one begins with it from a baby ; one gets used to it. And I should n't like to be a man, — to cough so loud, and stand straddling about on a wet day, and be so wasteful with meat and drink. They...  Felix Holt, the Radical ... - Page 189by George Eliot - 1893Full view - About this book
 | American essays - 1866 - 808 pages
...awe which could be turned into defiance ; the sacred grove was a common thicket to her. "'It mayn't be good luck to be a woman,' she said. ' But one begins...a wet day, and be so wasteful with meat and drink. They 're a coarse lot, I think.' " I should think they were, beside Mrs. Denner. This glimpse of her... | |
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1868 - 548 pages
...be a woman," she said. " But one begins with it from a baby : one gets used to it. And I shouldn't like to be a man — to cough so loud, and stand straddling...Harold to marry her. It would be the best thing. If .tho truth were known — and it will be known soon — the estate is hers by law — such law as it... | |
 | George Eliot - 1869 - 568 pages
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 | George Eliot, Alexander Main - Aphorisms and apothegms in literature - 1873 - 444 pages
...good-luck to be a woman. But one begins with it from a baby : one gets used to it. And I shouldn't like to be a man — to cough so loud, and stand straddling...with meat and drink. They're a coarse lot, I think. S Mr. Nolan. — I don't want to say things which may pu{ younger men out of spirits, but I believe... | |
 | Edward Dowden - English literature - 1878 - 542 pages
...a woman," Denner said, " but one begins with it from a baby : one gets used to it. And I shouldn't like to be a man — to cough so loud, and stand straddling...with meat and drink. They're a coarse lot, I think." We turn for a kindlier judgment to Dolly. "Eh, to be sure," said Dolly, gently, (while instructing... | |
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1880 - 494 pages
...good-luck to be a woman. But one begins with it from a baby : one gets used to it. And I shouldn't like to be a man — to cough so loud, and stand straddling...a wet day, and be so wasteful with meat and drink. They 're a coarse lot, I think. S Mr. Nolan. — I don't want to say things which may put younger men... | |
 | George Eliot - England - 1890 - 646 pages
...be a woman," she s iid. "But one begins with it from a baby : one gets used rj it. And I shouldn't like to be a man — to cough so loud,, and stand straddling about on a wet day, and be so wastefulwithmeat and drink. They're a coarse lot I think. Ther I needn't make a trouble of this young... | |
 | George Eliot - English literature - 1893 - 394 pages
...— plenty of fire and pride and wit. Men like such captives, as they like horses that champ the bit and paw the ground ; they feel more triumph in their...a wet day, and be so wasteful with meat and drink. They 're a coarse lot, I think. Then I need n't make a trouble of this young lady, madam," she added,... | |
 | George Eliot - 1900 - 256 pages
...said. "Butf one begins with it from a baby: one gets used to it. And I shouldn't like to be a man—to cough so loud, and stand straddling about on a wet...trouble of this young lady, madam," she added, after a y moment's pause. " No, Denner. I like her. If that were all—I should like Harold to marry her.... | |
 | Violet Fane - 1901 - 288 pages
...with it from a baby ; one gets used to it. And I shouldn't like to be a man — to cough so loud, or stand straddling about on a wet day, and be so wasteful...with meat and drink. They're a coarse lot, I think ! " Now, in spite of having begun with it from a baby, I have never thoroughly got used to being a... | |
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