....with genius, and their passions have not manifested themselves at all after the fashion of a volcano. They are simply men of complexions more or less muddy,...sublime prompting to do the painful right; they have their unspoken sorrows, and their sacred joys; their hearts have perhaps gone out toward their first-born,...

...with genius, and their passions have not manifested themselves at all after the fashion of a volcano. They are simply men of complexions more or less muddy,...or less bald and disjointed. Yet these commonplace people—many of them—bear a conscience, and have felt the sublime prompting to do the painful right;...

...another adjective. They are used frequently and with great effect by the author of " Adum Bedc " : — " Yet these commonplace people, many of them, bear a...have felt the sublime prompting to do the painful riijht ; they have their unspoken sorrows and their sacred joys, their hearts have perhaps gone out...

...kindness, the goodwill to man. In "Scenes of Clerical Life" she thus speaks out for the common people: "These commonplace people, many of them bear a conscience,...sublime prompting to do the painful right; they have their unspoken sorrows, and their sacred joys; their hearts have, perhaps, gone out to their first-born,...

...with genius, and their passions have not manifested themselves at all after the fashion of a volcano. They are simply men of complexions more or less muddy,...a conscience, and have felt the sublime prompting * Scenei of Clerical Life. By George Eliot. 2 vols. Edinburgh and Loudon : W. Blackwood and Sons. [The...

...with genius, and their passions have not manifested themselves at all after the fashion of a volcano. They are simply men of complexions more or less muddy,...them — bear a conscience, and have felt the sublime promptings to do the painful right; they have their unspoken sorrows and their sacred joys ; their...

...surface of everyday life. " These commonplace people," she said in defence of her chosen characters, " many of them, bear a conscience, and have felt the...sublime prompting to do the painful right ; they have their unspoken sorrows and their sacred joys ; their hearts have perhaps gone out toward their first-born,...

...with genius, and their passions have not manifested themselves at all after the fashion of a volcano. They are simply men of complexions more or less muddy,...sublime prompting to do the painful right; they have their unspoken sorrows and their sacred joys ; their hearts have perhaps gone out towards •their...

...thought and experience portrayed ! Yet, in George Eliot's own words, " these commonplace people have a conscience, and have felt the sublime prompting to do the painful right." They take on dignity from their moral struggle, whether the struggle ends in victory or defeat. By an infinite...

...with genius, and their passions have not manifested themselves at all after the fashion of a volcano. They are simply men of complexions more or less muddy, whose conversation is more or less bald and disjoint^ ed. Yet these commonplace people — many of them — bear a conscience, and have felt the...