 ... a creature full of eager, passionate longings for all that was beautiful and glad ; thirsty for all knowledge ; with an ear straining after dreamy music that died away and would not come near to her ; with a blind, unconscious yearning for something...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 5951860Full view - About this book
 | George Eliot - 1860 - 476 pages
...bed where her father lay to the dull walls of this sad chamber which was the centre of her world, was a creature full of eager, passionate longings for...for something that would link together the wonderful imTheir mother came in now, and Maggie rushed away, that her burst of tears, which she felt must come,... | |
 | George Eliot - 1860 - 478 pages
...bed where her father lay to the dull walls of this sad chamber which was the centre of her world, was a creature full of eager, passionate longings for...away and would not come near to her ; with a blind, imconscious yearning for something that would link together the wonderful impressions of this mysterious... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - 1860 - 606 pages
...at the mill for the last four years tended to stimulate her excitable mind into diseased activity. " A creature full of eager, passionate longings for...and glad ; thirsty for all knowledge, with an ear streaming after dreamy music that died away, and would not come near to her — with a blind, unconscious... | |
 | 1866 - 566 pages
...is to be found in The Mill on the Floss. Every one remembers the noble creation of Maggie Tulliver " a creature full of eager, passionate longings for all that was beautiful and good ; thirsty for knowledge ; with an ear straining after dreamy music that died away and would not... | |
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1867 - 628 pages
...where her father lay, to the dull walls of this sad chamber which was the centre of her world, was a creature full of eager, passionate longings for...mysterious life, and give her soul a sense of home in it. No wonder, when there is this contrast between the outward and the inward, that painful collisions... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1863 - 550 pages
...business talents ; and impulsive, enthusiastic Magsie, ' that creature full ' of eager, passionate longing for all that was beautiful and glad, ' thirsty for...dreamy ' music that died away, and would not come near her,' and her vague longings for ' something that would link together the ' wonderful impressions of... | |
 | George Eliot - 1870 - 816 pages
...where her father lay, to the dull walls of this sad chamber which was the centre of her world, was a creature full of eager, passionate longings for...mysterious life, and give her soul a sense of home in it. No wonder, when there is this contrast between the outward and the inward, that painful collisions... | |
 | George Eliot, Alexander Main - 1873 - 444 pages
...where her father lay, to the dull walls of this sad chamber which was the centre of her world, was a creature full of eager, passionate longings for...mysterious life, and give her soul a sense of home in it. No wonder, when there is this contrast between the outward and the inward, that painful collisions... | |
 | George Eliot - 1875 - 460 pages
...where her father lay, to the dull walls of this sad chamber which was the centre of her world, was a creature full of eager, passionate longings for...mysterious life, and give her soul a sense of home in it. No wonder, when there is this contrast between the outward and the inward, that painful collisions... | |
 | Henry H. Lancaster - 1876 - 510 pages
...found in " The Mill on the Floss." Every 2 c oue remembers the noble creation of Maggie Tulliver: " a creature full of eager, passionate longings for all that was beautiful and good ; thirsty for knowledge ; with an ear straining after dreamy music that died away and would not... | |
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