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" Look there, now! I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i' that way, the minute the clock begins to strike, as if they took no pleasure i' their work, and was afraid o "
Wise, Witty and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse,: Selected from the Works ... - Page 65
by George Eliot - 1875 - 417 pages
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 306

1920 - 850 pages
...said in a tone of indignation : ' Look there, now ! I can't abide to see men throw away their tools Г that way, the minute the clock begins to strike, as...work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too much.' The point -of view was extremely unpopular. ' Bodderation, Adam!' exclaimed Wiry Ben, 'lave a chap...
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Adam Bede, Volume 1

George Eliot - Carpenters - 1859 - 468 pages
...dog Gyp— thee bark'st at me sometimes, but thee allays lick'st my hand after." " Look there, now! I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i'...work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too much." All hands worked on in silence for some minutes, until the church clock began to strike six. Before...
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Adam Bede, Volume 3

George Eliot - Carpenters - 1859 - 524 pages
...observing the cessation of the tools he looked up, and said, in a tone of indignation, "Look there, now ! I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i'...i' their work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too mnch." Seth looked a little conscious, and began to be slower in his preparations for going, but Mum....
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Adam Bede, Volume 2

George Eliot - Carpenters - 1859 - 520 pages
...Adam, still wrathful ; " what's age got to do with it, I wonder ? Ye arena getting stiff yet, I reckon. I hate to see a man's arms drop down as if he was shot, before the clock's fairly struck, just as if he'd never a bit o' pride and delight in 's work. The very grindstone...
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Novels of George Eliot, Issue 35, Volume 1

George Eliot - 1867 - 486 pages
...observing the cessation of the tools, he looked up, and said, in a tone of indignation, " Look there, now ! I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i'...work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too much." Seth looked a little conscious, and began to be slower in his preparations for going, but Mum Taft...
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The Works of George Eliot: Adam Bede

George Eliot - 1878 - 456 pages
...Adam, still wrathful ; " what's age got to do with it, I wonder? Ye arena getting stiff yet, I reckon. I hate to see a man's arms drop down as if he was shot, before the clock's fairly struck, just as if he'd never a bit o' pride and delight in 's work. The very grindstone...
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Ohio Educational Monthly, Volume 28

Education - 1879 - 480 pages
...the words of Adam Bede, the honest workmiyi : — " I can't abide to see men throw away their tools the minute the clock begins to strike, as if they...man's arms drop down as if he was shot before the clock's fairly struck, just as if he'd never a bit of pride and delight in his work. The very grindstone'll...
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Uncle John Vassar: Or, The Fight of Faith

Thomas Edwin Vassar - Bible - 1879 - 252 pages
...passage on this point in Adam Bede, which we have never forgotten. " I can't abide," says the speaker, " to see men throw away their tools i' that way, the...strike, as if they took no pleasure i* their work, and were afraid of doing a stroke too much. I hate to see a man's arm drop down as if he was shot, before...
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Adam Bede: Silas Marner

George Eliot - 1883 - 742 pages
...observing the cessation of tools he looked up, and said, in a tone of indignation, " Look there, now ! I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i'...work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too much." Seth looked a little conscious, and began to be slower in his preparations for going, -but Mum Taft...
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Wit & Wisdom

George Eliot - 1885 - 404 pages
...only laying a floor down, somebody's the better for it being done well, besides the man as does it.1 I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i'...shot, before the clock 's fairly struck, just as if he'd never a bit o' pride and delight in's work. The very grindstone 'ull go on turning a bit after...
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