... the rich central plain of what we are pleased to call Merry England, and held farms, which, speaking from a spiritual point of view, paid highly desirable tithes. But it was nestled in a snug, wellwooded hollow, quite an hour's journey on horseback... Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe - Page 2by George Eliot - 1899 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mary Ann Evans - 1861 - 304 pages
...from a spiritual point of view, paid highly desirable tithes. But it was nestled in a snug well-wooded hollow, quite an hour's journey on horseback from...ornamental weather-cocks, standing close upon the road, and'lifting more imposing fronts than the rectory, which peeped from among the trees on the other side... | |
| George Eliot - 1870 - 816 pages
...spiritual point of view, paid highly desirable tithes. But it was nestled I in a snug, well-wooded hollow, quite an hour's journey on horseback from...churchyard in the heart of it, and two or three large brick and stone homesteads, with well-walled orchards and ornamental weathercocks, standing close upon... | |
| George Eliot - 1875 - 356 pages
...was nestled in a snug, well-wooded hollow, quite an hour's journey on horseback from any turupike, where it was never reached by the vibrations of the...churchyard in the heart of it, and two or three large brick and stone homesteads, with well-walled orchards and ornamental weathercocks, standing close upon... | |
| George Eliot - 1878 - 426 pages
...sheep and thinly -scattered shepherds : on the contrary, it lay in the rich central plain of what wo are pleased to call Merry England, and held farms...where it was never reached by the vibrations of the coach -horn, or of public opinion. It was an important-looking village, with a fine old church and... | |
| George Eliot - 1883 - 742 pages
...from a spiritual point of view, paid highly-desirable tithes. But it was nestled in a snug well-wooded hollow, quite an hour's journey on horseback from...ornamental weathercocks, standing close upon the road, lifting more imposing fronts than the rectory, which peeped from among the trees on the other side... | |
| George Eliot - 1885 - 564 pages
...sheep and thinly -scattered shepherds : on the contrary, it lay in the rich central plain of what wo are pleased to call Merry England, and held farms...where it was never reached by the vibrations of the coach -horn, or of public opinion. It was an important-looking village, with a fine old church and... | |
| George Eliot - 1886 - 626 pages
...from a spiritual point of view, paid highly-desirable tithes. But it was nestled in a snug well-wooded hollow, quite an hour's journey on horseback from...important-looking village, with a fine old church and large churchvard in the heart of it, and two or three large brick and stone homesteads, with well-walled... | |
| George Eliot - 1887 - 438 pages
...from a spiritual point of view, paid highly desirable tithes. But it was nestled in a snug well-wooded hollow, quite an hour's journey on horseback from...opinion. It was an important-looking village, with a tine old church and large churchyard in the heart of it, and two or three large brick-and-stone homesteads,... | |
| George Eliot - 1895 - 272 pages
...was nestled in a snug well-wooded hollow, quite an hour's journey on horseback from any turnpike,5 where it was never reached by the vibrations of the...churchyard in the heart of it, and two or three large 1 Note the unexpected introduction of the author's personality by the use of this pronoun. !An apparition... | |
| George Eliot - 1895 - 416 pages
...from a spiritual point of view, paid highly desirable tithes. But it was nestled in a snug well-wooded hollow, quite an hour's journey on horseback from...turnpike, where it was never reached by the vibrations of tVie coach-horn or of public opinion. It was an important-looking village, with a fine old church ami... | |
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