 Eve, she knew : her husband would be smiling and smiled upon, hiding her existence in the darkest corner of his heart. But she would mar his pleasure : she would go in her dingy rags, with her faded face, once as handsome as the best, with her little...  Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe - Page 138by George Eliot - 1899 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Eliot, Alexander Main - 1873 - 444 pages
...detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie. It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding...a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable. Just and self-reproving thoughts do not come to us too thickly, even in the purest air, and with the... | |
 | George Eliot - 1875 - 356 pages
...as his eldest son's wife. It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding their misery as a wron? inflicted by those who are less miserable. Molly knew...rags was not her husband's neglect, but the demon Opinm to whom she was enslaved, body and soul, except in the lingering mother's tenderness that refused... | |
 | George Eliot - 1875 - 460 pages
...detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie. It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding...a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable. — o — Just and self-reproving thoughts do not come to us too thickly, even in the purest air, and... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...is seldom that the miserable can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who arc less miserable. Molly knew that the cause of her dingy...rags was not her husband's neglect, but the demon Opinm, to whom she was enslaved body and soul, except in the lingering mother's tenderness that refused... | |
 | George Eliot - 1885 - 564 pages
...told her he would sooner die than acknowledge her as his wife. There would be a great party at the Eed House on New Year's Eve, she knew : her husband would...inflicted by those who are less miserable. Molly knew tb&t the cause of her dingy rags was not her husband's neglect, but the demon Opium to whom she was... | |
 | George Eliot - 1887 - 842 pages
...this joy as he could to-night, and think nothing of the morrow. CHAPTER XII. WHILE Godfrey Cass was taking draughts of forgetfulness from the sweet presence...rags was not her husband's neglect, but the demon Opinm to whom she was enslaved, body and soul, except in the lingering mother's tenderness that refused... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pages
...VII., § i1. " It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury." MOORE. Lnlla Rookh, Prologue, VI. " It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding...wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable." GEORGE ELIOT. Silas Marner, Ck. XII. " It is time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss." SHAKESPEARE.... | |
 | George Eliot - 1899 - 358 pages
...with slow uncertain steps through the snow-covered Raveloe lanes, carrying her child in her arms. 1 This journey on New Year's Eve was a premeditated...was not her husband's neglect, but the demon Opium 2 1 A fine dramatic situation especially in its contrast with the scene / / immediately preceding.... | |
 | George Eliot - 1900 - 330 pages
...that had its father's hair and eyes, and disclose herself to the Squire as his eldest son's wife. 20 It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding...demon Opium, to whom she was enslaved, body and soul, ex25 cept in the lingering mother's tenderness that refused 172 to give him her hungry child. She knew... | |
 | George Eliot - 1900 - 278 pages
...Squire as his eldest son's wife. It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding their misery as a 20 wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable. Molly...rags was not her husband's neglect, but the demon Opinm to whom she was enslaved, body and soul, except in the lingering mother's tenderness that refused... | |
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