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" The same sort of process has perhaps been undergone by wiser men, when they have been cut off from faith and love — only, instead of a loom and a heap of guineas, they have had some erudite research, some ingenious project, or some well-knit theory. "
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe - Page 21
by George Eliot - 1899 - 251 pages
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The Ladies' Companion

1861 - 372 pages
...hardens itself more and more, becoming reduced to the mere functions of weaving and hoarding. " His face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of hia life, so that he produced the same sort of impression as a handle or a crooked tube, which has...
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Novels [of George Eliot], Volume 2

George Eliot - 1870 - 816 pages
...hoarding, without any contemplation of an end towards which the functions tended. The same sort of process has perhaps been undergone by wiser men, when they have been cut off from faiih and love, — only, instead of a loom and a heap of guineas, they have had some erudite research,...
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Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse: Selected from the Works ...

George Eliot, Alexander Main - 1873 - 444 pages
...hoarding, without any contemplation of an end towards which the functions tended. The same sort of process has perhaps been undergone by wiser men, when...some ingenious project, or some well-knit theory. A weaver who finds hard words in his hymn-book knows nothing of abstractions ; as the little child...
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Wise, Witty and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse,: Selected from the Works ...

George Eliot - 1875 - 460 pages
...hoarding, without any contemplation of an end towards which the functions tended. The same sort of process has perhaps been undergone by wiser men, when...some ingenious project, or some well-knit theory.* A weaver who finds hard words in his hymn-book knows nothing of abstractions ; as the little child...
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Chambers's national reading-books, Book 6

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...hoarding, without any contemplation of an end towards which the functions tended. The same sort of process has perhaps been undergone by wiser men, when they have been cut off from faith and love—only, instead of a loom and a heap of guineas, they have had some erudite research, some ingenious...
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The Works of George Eliot: Silas Marner, The lifted veil, Brother Jacob

George Eliot - 1885 - 564 pages
...hoarding, without any contemplation of an end towards which the functions tended. The same sort of process has perhaps been undergone by wiser men, when...ingenious project, or some well-knit theory. Strangely Haruer's face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects...
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Wit & Wisdom

George Eliot - 1885 - 404 pages
...sort of process has perhaps been undergone b wiser men, when they have been cut off from faith an, ' love — only, instead of a loom and a heap of guineas they have had some erudite research, some ingeniouw project, or some well-knit theory. The child was perfectly quiet now, but not asleep —...
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George Eliot's Silas Marner

George Eliot - 1898 - 286 pages
...hoarding, without any contemplation of an end towards which the functions tended. 20 The same sort of process has, perhaps, been undergone by wiser men,...project, or some well-knit theory. Strangely, Marner's 25 face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of...
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George Eliot's Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe

George Eliot - 1899 - 358 pages
...hoarding, without any contemplation of an end towards which the functions tended. The same sort of process has perhaps been undergone by wiser men, when...face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a conb» it mechanical relation to the objects of his life, so that he produced the same sort of impression...
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Silas Marner

George Eliot - 1900 - 334 pages
...and hoarding, without any contemplation of an end toward which the functions tended. The same sort of process has perhaps been undergone by wiser men, when...ingenious project, or some well-knit theory. Strangely 5 Marner's face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a constant mechanical relation to the objects...
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