A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... George Eliot : Life of George Eliot , by J. W. Cross . Ch . 11. Letter to Miss Sara Hennell , June 19 , 1861 . Let the foundation of thy affection be virtue , then make the building as rich and as glorious as thou canst . If the ...
... George Eliot : Life of George Eliot , by J. W. Cross . Ch . 11. Letter to Miss Sara Hennell , June 19 , 1861 . Let the foundation of thy affection be virtue , then make the building as rich and as glorious as thou canst . If the ...
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... George Eliot : Romola . Ch . 19 . Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait . Beauty , without expression , tires . 405 Emerson : Conduct of Life . Beauty . The beautiful is never plentiful . 406 Emerson : Miscellanies . The ...
... George Eliot : Romola . Ch . 19 . Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait . Beauty , without expression , tires . 405 Emerson : Conduct of Life . Beauty . The beautiful is never plentiful . 406 Emerson : Miscellanies . The ...
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... George Eliot : The Mill on the Floss . Bk . i . Ch . 9 . These bitter sorrows of childhood ! when sorrow is all 72 CHEERFULNESS - CHILDHOOD .
... George Eliot : The Mill on the Floss . Bk . i . Ch . 9 . These bitter sorrows of childhood ! when sorrow is all 72 CHEERFULNESS - CHILDHOOD .
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... George Eliot : The Mill on the Floss . Bk . i . Ch . 5 . The most sublime psalm that can be heard on this earth is the lisping of a human soul from the lips of childhood . 716 Victor Hugo : Ninety - Three . Pt . iii . Bk . ii . Ch . 1 ...
... George Eliot : The Mill on the Floss . Bk . i . Ch . 5 . The most sublime psalm that can be heard on this earth is the lisping of a human soul from the lips of childhood . 716 Victor Hugo : Ninety - Three . Pt . iii . Bk . ii . Ch . 1 ...
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... George Eliot : The Mill on the Floss . Bk . v . Ch . 6 . The worthless and offensive members of society , whose existence is a social pest , invariably think themselves the most ill - used people alive , and never get over their ...
... George Eliot : The Mill on the Floss . Bk . v . Ch . 6 . The worthless and offensive members of society , whose existence is a social pest , invariably think themselves the most ill - used people alive , and never get over their ...
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