 ... beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer — committed to no sound except that of low moans in the night, seen in no writing except that made on the face by the slow months of suppressed anguish and early morning tears. Many an inherited...  Works of George Eliot ...: Felix Holt - Page 10by George Eliot - 1901Full view - About this book
 | George Eliot - Elections - 1866 - 538 pages
...are glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder; robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the...down upon his lip Lay like the shadow of a hovering kiss. "Beautiful mother, do not grieve," he said ; "I will be great, and build our fortunes high, ,... | |
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1866 - 352 pages
...leave man or woman for ever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer—committed to no sound except that of low moans in the night,...down upon his lip Lay like the shadow of a hovering kiss. " Beautiful mother, do not grieve," he said; " I will be great, and build our fortunes high,... | |
 | George Eliot - Domestic fiction - 1866 - 200 pages
...forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer — committed to no sound excepf that of low moans in the night, seen in no writing...watches through all dreams. These things are a parable. He left me when the down upon his lip Lay like the shadow of a hovering kiss. Beautiful mother, do... | |
 | English literature - 1866 - 566 pages
...hes there, and the thick-barked stems, have human histories hidden in them ; the power of unnttered cries dwells in the passionless-seeming branches,...that watches through all "dreams. These things are я parable." Another quality of George Eliot's writings which has attracted unbounded admiration, is... | |
 | George Eliot - 1867 - 446 pages
...human ear. The poets have told us of a dolorous enchanted forest in the under world. The thorn- bushes there, and the thick-barked stems, have human histories...down upon his lip Lay like the shadow of a hovering kiss. " Beautiful mother, do not grieve," he said ; " I will be great, and build our fortunes high,... | |
 | George Eliot - 1871 - 568 pages
...glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder ; robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the...down upon his lip Lay like the shadow of a hovering kiss. "Beautiful mother, do not grieve," he said; "I will be great, and build our fortunes high, And... | |
 | George Eliot, Alexander Main - Aphorisms and apothegms in literature - 1873 - 444 pages
...desire that survives, with the life in death of old paralytic vice, to see itself cursed by its woful progeny — some tragic mark of kinship in the one...watches through all dreams. These things are a parable. Fancy what a game at chess would be if all the chessmen had passions and intellects, more or less small... | |
 | George Eliot - 1875 - 460 pages
...tears. Many an inherited sorrow that has marred a life has been breathed into no human ear. """ . P The poets have told us of a dolorous enchanted forest...watches through all dreams. These things are a parable. Fancy what a game at chess would be if all the chessmen had passions and intellects, more or less small... | |
 | Henry H. Lancaster - English literature - 1876 - 510 pages
...has raised the pity and terror of men ever since they began to discern between will and destiny." " The poets have told us of a dolorous enchanted forest...watches through all dreams. These things are a parable." Another quality of George Eliot's writings which has attracted unbounded admiration, is the humour... | |
 | Henry H. Lancaster - English literature - 1876 - 512 pages
...have human histories hidden in them ; the power of unuttered cries dwells in the passionless- seeming branches, and the red, warm blood is darkly feeding...watches through all dreams. These things are a parable." Another quality of George Eliot's writings which has attracted unbounded admiration, is the humour... | |
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