 The law was sacred. Yes, but rebellion might be sacred too. It flashed upon her mind that the problem before her was essentially the same as that which had lain before Savonarola — the problem where the sacredness of obedience ended, and where the sacredness...  Romola - Page 265by George Eliot - 1909Full view - About this book
 | George Eliot - 1870 - 816 pages
...— the problem where the sacredness of obedience ended, and where the sacredness of rebellion hepan. To her, as to him, there had come one of those moments...freely with ( Tito and obtain his consent that she I should live apart from him. She desired not to leave him clandestinely again, or to forsake Florence.... | |
 | 1872 - 894 pages
...the soul must dare to act upon its own warrant, not only without external law to appeal to, but iu the face of a law which is not unarmed with Divine...that may yet fall if the warrant has been false." These momeuts, however, are of rare occurrence, and arise only in extreme necessity. When Maggie and... | |
 | George Eliot, Alexander Main - Aphorisms and apothegms in literature - 1873 - 444 pages
...need to carry our trust and reverence ready made. The inspiring consciousness breathed into Romola by Savonarola's influence that her lot was vitally...lightnings that may yet fall if the warrant has been false. No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. Romola's... | |
 | George Eliot - 1875 - 460 pages
...need to carry our trust and reverence ready made. The inspiring consciousness breathed into. Romola by Savonarola's influence that her lot was vitally...lightnings that may yet fall if the warrant has been false. No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. Romola's... | |
 | Edward Dowden - English literature - 1878 - 542 pages
...Rebellion, it is true, may be sacred also. There are moments of life " when the soul must dare to act upon its own warrant, not only without external law to...that may yet fall if the warrant has been false." These moments, however, 'are of rare occurrence, and arise only in extreme necessity. When Maggie and... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - Novelists, English - 1883 - 454 pages
...the soul must dare to act on its own wan•ant, not only without external law to appeal to, but in face of a law which is not unarmed with divine lightnings...lightnings that may yet fall if the warrant has been false. It is reason's lamp by which " we walk evermore to higher paths ; " and by its aid, new deeds are to... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - Biography & Autobiography - 1883 - 470 pages
...warrant, not only without external law to appeal to, but in face of a law which is not im- • armed with divine lightnings — lightnings that may yet fall if the warrant has been false. It is reason's lamp by which "we walk evermore to higher paths ; " and by its aid, new deeds are to... | |
 | George Eliot - 1884 - 464 pages
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 | George Eliot - 1885 - 404 pages
...before Savonarola — the problem where the sacredness of obedience ended, and where the sacreduess of rebellion began. To her, as to him, there had come...lightnings that may yet fall if the warrant has been false. while she grasped It; If it were suddenly removed, no firmness of the ground she trod could save her... | |
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