 I believe, when 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...  Romola - Page 310by George Eliot - 1863 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1863 - 272 pages
...tried to slip away from every thing that was unpleasant, and cared for nothing else so much as his own safety, he came at last to commit some of the...He denied his father, and left him to misery ; he !>eti-ayed every trust that was reposed in him, that he might keep himself safe and get rich and prosperous.... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1863 - 806 pages
...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 men infamous. He denied his father, and left him to misery ; he betrayed every... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - Conduct of life - 1864 - 376 pages
...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 some 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 - 340 pages
...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 some 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 - 950 pages
...tried to slip away from every thing that was unpleasant, and cared for nothing else so much as his own safety, he came at last to commit some of the...get rich and prosperous. Yet calamity overtook him." The minor fictitious characters are also well drawn. The grim and суп136 Review of "Samóla." 137... | |
 | George Eliot - 1870 - 816 pages
...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, and left him to misery ; he betrayed every trust that was reposed in him, that he might keep... | |
 | William Chappell - Ballads, English - 1885 - 864 pages
...tried to slip away from everything that wa» 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 men infamous. . . . Yet calamity overtook him." — George Eliot's Romola : Epilogue. T, . HE question of " Who is... | |
 | Association for the Advancement of Women - Women - 1877 - 404 pages
...from everything that was unpleasant, and cared 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 is that duty is not synonomous with pleasure, and that man cannot escape... | |
 | William Eaton Chandler - Reconstruction - 1878 - 104 pages
...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...get rich and prosperous. Yet calamity overtook him." WE CHANDLER. FEBRUARY 22, 1878. ADDITIONAL PROOFS OP THE LOUISIANA BARGAIN John Young Brown's Statement.... | |
 | Sedbergh School - Private schools - 1879 - 370 pages
...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...get rich and prosperous. Yet calamity overtook him." N' "BLUE ROSES." II n'ya eu 14 qu' une rose bleue, c'est a dire, une rose que 1" on reve, que 1' on.... | |
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