 I first knew him, he never thought of anything cruel or base. But because he tried to slip away from everything that was unpleasant, and cared for nothing else so much as his own safety, he came at last to commit some of the basest deeds — such as make...  Education - Pàgina 431914Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | George Eliot - 1863 - 776 pàgines
...his manners to all were gentle and kind. I believe, when I first knew him, he never thought of doing anything cruel or base. But because he tried to slip...of the basest deeds — such as make men infamous. He denied his father, and left him to misery; he betrayed every trust that was reposed in him, that... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 806 pàgines
...his manners to all were gentle and kind. I believe, when I first knew him, he never thought of doing anything cruel or base. But because he tried to slip...safety, he came at last to commit some of the basest deeds—such as make men infamous. He denied his father, and left him to misery ; he betrayed every... | |
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1863 - 272 pàgines
...never thought of doing any thing cruel or base. But because he tried to slip away from every thing that was unpleasant, and cared for nothing else so...of the basest deeds — such as make men infamous. He denied his father, and left him to misery ; he !>eti-ayed every trust that was reposed in him, that... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1864 - 340 pàgines
...base, but " because he tried to slip away from everything that was unpleasant, and cared for nothing so much as his own safety, he came at last to commit...of the basest deeds : such as make men infamous." Here we see that pleasure is not happiness. If we ensue (to use an excellent word) that, we shall be... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1864 - 376 pàgines
...base; but, " because he tried to slip away from everything that was unpleasant, and cared for nothing so much as his own safety, he came at last to commit...of the basest deeds ; such as make men infamous." Here we see that pleasure is not happiness. If we ensue (to use an excellent word) that, we shall be... | |
 | 1866 - 470 pàgines
...never thought of doing any thing cruel or base. But, because he tried to slip away from every thing that was unpleasant, and cared for nothing else so...of the basest deeds — such as make men infamous. He denied his father, and left him to misery ; he betrayed every trust that was reposed in him, that... | |
 | George Eliot - 1870 - 816 pàgines
...he never thought of anything cruel or base. But because he tried to slip away from everything tliat was unpleasant, and cared for nothing else so much as his own safety, he cnme at last to commit some of the basest deeds, — such as make men infamous. He denied his fattier,... | |
 | William Chappell - 1885 - 864 pàgines
...never thought of anything cruel or base. JBut because he tried to slip away from everything that wa» unpleasant, and cared for nothing else so much as...of the basest deeds — such as make men infamous. . . . Yet calamity overtook him." — George Eliot's Romola : Epilogue. T, . HE question of " Who is... | |
 | Association for the Advancement of Women - 1877 - 404 pàgines
...have been " glad not to give pain to any mortal." "I believe when I first knew him," says Romola, " he never thought of anything cruel or base. But because...for nothing else so much as his own safety, he came to commit some of the basest deeds — such as make men infamous." The great lesson of Tito's life... | |
 | William Eaton Chandler - 1878 - 104 pàgines
...his manners to all were gentle and kind. I believe when I first knew him he never thought of doing anything cruel or base. But because he tried to slip...some of the basest deeds, such as make men infamous. He denied his father, and left him to misery ; he betrayed every trust that was reposed in him that... | |
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