...her ardent aspirations for something better than a humdrum domestic life, with her intense longing " to- arrive at the core of things and judge soundly on the social duties of the Christian," is the central figure. How one pities her in her self-deception about that soulless old pedant, Casaubon,...

...one-roomed cottages were not for the glory of God, when men who knew the classics appeared lo CoTJCittaTe indifference to the cottages with zeal for the glory...arrive at the core of things, and judge soundly on the'social duties of the Christian.! And she had not reached that point of renunciation at which she...

...are told, that her spiritual difficulties will be solved by the help of a little Latin and Greek. ' Perhaps even Hebrew might be necessary — at least...judge soundly on the social duties of the Christian.' She marries Mr. Casaubon, and of course is speedily undeceived. But, curiously enough, the process...

...for the glory? Perhaps even Hebrew might be necessary—at least the alphabet and a few roots—in order to arrive at the core of things, and judge soundly...have been satisfied with having a wise husband : she wishedjjpoor child, to be wise herself. Miss Brooke was certainly very na'ive with all her alleged...

...revealed in her own reported thoughts — here, for example, where she is clearly the niece of Mr Brooke : Perhaps even Hebrew might be necessary — at least...judge soundly on the social duties of the Christian. (i, 52) But if we continue reading that paragraph, we find a complexity of ironies that are by no means...

...Hutchinsonians were the most prominent manifestation. The fictional Miss Dorothea Brooke thought that 'Perhaps even Hebrew might be necessary — at least...things, and judge soundly on the social duties of the Christian.'141 George Eliot was poking gentle fun here at such old-fashioned sentiments, but they did...

...are told, that her spiritual difficulties will be solved by the help of a little Latin and Greek. " Perhaps even Hebrew might be necessary — at least...judge soundly on the social duties of the Christian." She marries Mr. C'asaubon, and of course is speedily undeceived. But, curiously enough, the process...

...are told, that her spiritual difficulties will be solved by the help of a little Latin and Greek. " Perhaps even Hebrew might be necessary — at least...judge soundly on the social duties of the Christian." She marries Mr. Casaubon, and of course is speedily undeceived. But, curiously enough, the process...