 ... 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 men infamous. He denied his father,...  Romola, by George Eliot - Page 248by Mary Ann Evans - 1863Full view - About this book
 | George Eliot - Florence (Italy) - 1863 - 776 pages
...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 he might...old Piero di Cosimo and Nello coming up the Borgo Pinto, bringing us their flowers. Let us go and wave our hands to them, that they may know we see them."... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1863 - 806 pages
...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 he might...looking up at her with awed wonder. " Another time, my Lillo—I will tell you another time. See, there are our old Piero di Cosimo and Nello coming up the... | |
 | 1866 - 950 pages
...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 he might...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
...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...him." Again Romola paused. Her voice was unsteady, ana Lillo was looking up at her with awed wonder. " Another time, my Lillo, — I will tell yon another... | |
 | William Eaton Chandler - Reconstruction - 1878 - 104 pages
...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 he might...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
...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 he might...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.... | |
 | Religion - 1880 - 938 pages
...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 he might keep himself safe and get rich and prosperous." The all-important lesson set forth in this work is the terrible reproductive power of wrong-doing,... | |
 | England - 1883 - 886 pages
...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 he might...get rich and prosperous. Yet calamity overtook him." The grand lesson of Tito's life is that morality is, in its essential nature, transcendental, — that... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - Novelists, English - 1883 - 454 pages
...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 he might...get rich and prosperous. Yet calamity overtook him." Aside from this altruistic teaching which is developed in connection with the life of Romola, t^e^doctrinejaf... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - Biography & Autobiography - 1883 - 470 pages
...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 he might keep himself safe and get rich and prosperous. Vet calamity overtook him." Aside from this altruistic teaching which is developed in connection with... | |
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