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" Marner's face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression as a handle or a crooked tube, which has no meaning standing apart. "
The Ladies' Companion - Page 273
1861
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe

George Eliot - 1861 - 398 pages
...face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression...crooked tube, which has no meaning standing apart. The prominent eyes that used to look trusting and dreamy, now looked as if they had been made to see...
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Novels [of George Eliot], Volume 2

George Eliot - 1870 - 816 pages
...faco and figure shrank and bunt themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression...crooked tube, which has no meaning standing apart. The prominent eyes that used to look trusting and dreamy now looked as if they had been made to see...
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Chambers's national reading-books, Book 6

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression...crooked tube, which has no meaning standing apart. The prominent eyes that used to look trusting and dreamy, now looked as if they had been made to see...
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The Works of George Eliot: Silas Marner. The lifted veil. Brother Jacob

George Eliot - 1878 - 426 pages
...face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression...crooked tube, which has no meaning standing apart. The prominent eyes that used to look trusting and dreamy, now looked as if they had been made to see...
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Adam Bede: Silas Marner

George Eliot - 1883 - 742 pages
...face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression...crooked tube, which has no meaning standing apart. The prominent eyes that used to look trusting and dreamy, now looked as if they had been made to see...
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The Works of George Eliot: Silas Marner, The lifted veil, Brother Jacob

George Eliot - 1885 - 564 pages
...face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression...crooked tube, which has no meaning standing apart. The prominent eyes that used to look trusting and dreamy, now looked as if they had been made to see...
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Works, Volume 8

George Eliot - 1886 - 626 pages
...face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression...crooked tube, which has no meaning standing apart. The prominent eyes that used to look trusting and dreamy, now looked as if they had been made to see...
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Romola, Volume 1

George Eliot - 1887 - 438 pages
...face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression...crooked tube, which has no meaning standing apart. The prominent eyes that used to look trusting and dreamy, now looked as if they had been made to see...
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George Eliot's Works, Volume 21

George Eliot - 1895 - 416 pages
...face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression...crooked tube, which has no meaning standing apart. The prominent eyes that used to look trusting and dreamy, now looked as if they had been made to see...
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Silas Marner; The Lifted Veil; Brother Jacob

George Eliot - 1895 - 474 pages
...face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression...crooked tube, which has no meaning standing apart. The prominent eyes that used to look trusting and dreamy, now looked as if they had been made to see...
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