But the Knebley farmers would as soon have thought of criticising the moon as their pastor. He belonged to the course of nature, like markets and toll-gates and dirty banknotes ; and being a vicar, his claim on their veneration had never been counteracted... Writings - Seite 119von George Eliot - 1907Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1857 - 878 Seiten
...feeling something mysteriously tugging at the skirts of that garment as he stepped into the reading desk. But the Knebley farmers would as soon have thought...is to say, at twelve o'clock — in order to have tune for their long walk through miry lanes, and present themselves duly in their places at two o'clock,... | |
| 1857 - 804 Seiten
...farmers would as soon have thought of criticising the moon as their pastor. He belonged to the coarse of nature, like markets, and toll-gates, and dirty...hour earlier than usual — that is to say, at twelve o' clock — in order to have time for their long walk through miry lanes, and present themselves duly... | |
| George Eliot - 1858 - 196 Seiten
...garment as he stepped into the reading-desk. But the Knebley farmers would as soon thought of criticizing the moon as their pastor. He belonged to the course...dined half an hour earlier than usual — that is to eay, at twelve o'clock — in order to have time for their long walk through miry lanes, and present... | |
| George Eliot - 1878 - 316 Seiten
...much on one side, holding didactic ribbons, painted in fresco on the walls. Here, in an absence of mind to which he was prone, Mr Gilfil would sometimes...had dined half an hour earlier than usual — that ia to say, at twelve o'clock — in order to have time for their long walk through miry lanes, and... | |
| S. Parkinson - 1888 - 158 Seiten
...Gilfil would sometimes forget to take off his spurs before putting on his surplice, and only became aware of the omission by feeling something mysteriously...belonged to the course of nature, like markets and toll gates, and dirty bank notes." But notwithstanding all faults, and though he had something of the... | |
| George Eliot - 1900 - 676 Seiten
...skirts of that garment as he stepped into the reading-desk. But the Knebley farmers would as soon Lave thought of criticising the moon as their pastor. He...had never been counteracted by an exasperating claim im their pockets. Some of them, who did not indulge in the superfluity of a covered cart without springs,... | |
| Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - 1921 - 176 Seiten
...the other at Knebley in the afternoon where he rode on horseback, and forgot to remove his spurs. The farmers would as soon have thought of criticising...like markets and toll-gates and dirty bank-notes. He was an immense favourite with these farmers, knew all about the breeds of cows and horses, was easy... | |
| Daniel Cottom - 1987 - 276 Seiten
...Love-Story," the Knebly farmers "would as soon have thought of criticizing the moon as their pastor," who "belonged to the course of nature, like markets and toll-gates and dirty banknotes" ("MGL," SS). In Adam Bede, the illiterate Bill "would hardly have ventured to deny that the schoolmaster... | |
| George Eliot - 1999 - 418 Seiten
...he stepped into the reading-desk. But the Knebley farmers would as soon have thought of criticizing the moon as their pastor. He belonged to the course...pockets. Some of them, who did not indulge in the superffuity of a covered cart without springs, had dined half an hour earlier than usual — that is... | |
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