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...liot 1872 To my dear Husband, George Henry Lewes, in this nineteenth year of our blessed union. Contents Book I — Miss Brooke . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...arch 1 Book I Miss Brooke Prelude W ho that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiment... ... man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has ... ...d helpless looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a national idea; until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, an... ... and turned them back from their great resolve. That child pilgrimage was a fit beginning. Theresa’s passionate, ideal nature demanded an epic life: w... ...e: what were many volumed romances of chivalry and the social conquests of a brilliant girl to her? Her flame quickly burned up that light fuel; and, f... ... She did not want to deck herself with knowledge—to wear it loose from the nerves and blood that fed her action; and if she had written a book she mus... ... Vincy is a musician?” said Lydgate, following her with his eyes. (Ev ery nerve and muscle in Rosamond was adjusted to the consciousness that she was... ... as she entered the room, she had barely noticed him, and looked as if her nerves were quivering with the expectation that something would be thrown a...

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...Excerpt: Prelude. Who that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little girl walkin...

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...Middlemarch By George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans] A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Middlemarch by George ... ...ate Electronic Classics Series Publication Middlemarch by George Eliot is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Documen... ... Classics Series Publication Middlemarch by George Eliot is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...nic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... She did not want to deck herself with knowledge—to wear it loose from the nerves and blood that fed her action; and if she had written a book she mus... ...ss Vincy is a musician?” said Lydgate, following her with his eyes. (Every nerve and muscle in Rosamond was adjusted to the consciousness that she was... ...s she entered the room, she had barely no- ticed him, and looked as if her nerves were quivering with the expectation that something would be thrown a...

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...Excerpt: Introduction to the bride of Lammermoor. The author, on a former occasion, declined giving the real source from which he drew the tragic subject of this history, because, though occurring at a distant period, it might possibly be unpleasing to the fee...

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...Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Bride of Lammermoor by... ...ir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...ic Classics Series Publication Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Documen... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...c Clas- sics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication... ...ry part of a young lady’s demeanour to indulge in causeless tremors of the nerves. On the present occasion, however, she speedily found cause for real... ...eptible in an extreme degree, was more permanent than the injury which her nerves had sus- tained. Visions of terror, both in sleep and in waking reve... ...rs, but he was not entirely free from something like a similar disorder of nerves, as he observed, “The T ower of Wolf ’s Crag has nothing to offer be...