Quotes from bookThe Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss is a novel by George Eliot , first published in three volumes in 1860 by William Blackwood. The first American edition was published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York.
“Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow.”
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The Mill on the Floss (1860)
“Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure.”
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“Don't judge a book by its cover”
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“What a different result one gets by changing the metaphor!”
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“There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.”
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The Mill on the Floss (1860)
“I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.”
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“I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.”
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“Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.”
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“Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets.”
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“Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.”
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The Mill on the Floss (1860)
“Better spend an extra hundred or two on your son's education, than leave it him in your will.”
George Eliot book The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss (1860)
