 Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature, that great tragic dramatist, knits us together by bone and muscle, and divides us by the subtler web of our brains; blends yearning and repulsion; and ties us by our heart-strings to the beings that...  George Eliot - Pagina 25de Mathilde Blind - 1883 - 290 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 448 pagini
...is unavoidable — was past, we grew apart and tended different ways. It has been well said, that " family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature,...blends yearning and repulsion, and ties us by our heart strings to beings that jar us at every movement." This was quite true of George and myself: our... | |
 | George Eliot - 1859 - 524 pagini
...was not from her that Adam got his well-filled brow and his expression of large-hearted intelligence. Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature,...heartstrings to the beings that jar us at every movement. We hear a voice with the very cadence of our own uttering the thoughts wo despise ; we see eyes — ali... | |
 | George Eliot - 1859 - 520 pagini
...was not from her that Adam got his well-filled brow and his expression of large-hearted intelligence. Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature,...ties us by our heartstrings to the beings that jar ns at every movement. We hear a voice with the very cadence of our own uttering the thoughts we despise... | |
 | 1859 - 586 pagini
...the mysteries of human character. ' Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature, that grot tragic dramatist, knits us together by bone and muscle,...heartstrings to the beings that jar us at every movement. We hear a voice with the very cadence of our own uttering the thoughts we despise; we see eyes — ah!... | |
 | George Eliot - 1867 - 486 pagini
...was not from her that Adam got his well-filled brow and his expression of large-hearted intelligence. Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature,...heartstrings to the beings that jar us at every movement. We hear a voice with the very cadence of our own uttering the thoughts we despise; we see eyes — ah... | |
 | George Eliot, Alexander Main - 1873 - 444 pagini
...say nothing; just as a. national language may be instinct with poetry unfelt by the lips that use it. Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature,...heart-strings to the beings that jar us at every movement. We hear a voice with the very cadence of our own uttering the thoughts we despise ; we see eyes — ah... | |
 | Henry Schütz Wilson - 1873 - 430 pagini
...is unavoidable — was past, we grew apart and tended different ways. It has been well said that " family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature,...and repulsion, and ties us by our heart-strings to beings that jar us at every movement." This was quite true of George and myself; our natures were antipathetic.... | |
 | George Eliot - 1875 - 460 pagini
...say nothing ; just as a national language may be instinct with poetry unfelt by the lips that use it. Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature,...heart-strings to the beings that jar us at every movement. We hear a voice with -the very cadence of our own uttering the thoughts we despise ; we see eyes — ah... | |
 | Frederick Charles Woodhouse - 1881 - 392 pagini
...often a deep sadness in it. Nature links us together by bone and muscle, and divides us by the subtle web of our brains ; blends yearning and repulsion,...our heart-strings to the beings that jar us at every moment. Thus we hear a voice, with the very cadence of our own, uttering thoughts we despise ; we see... | |
 | George Eliot - 1883 - 742 pagini
...was not from her that Adam got his well-filled brow and his expression of large-hearted intelligence. Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature,...heart-strings to the beings that jar us at every movement. \Ve hear a voice with the very cadence of our own uttering the thoughts we despise ; we see eyes —... | |
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