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 21by George Eliot - 1899 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
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...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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