 | George Eliot - 1861 - 398 էջ
...a growing purpose to the earnings, drawing his hope and joy continually onward beyond the money. In old days there were angels who came and took men by...a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward ; and the hand may be a little... | |
 | 1861 - 838 էջ
...places plain." A beautiful paragraph may give the spirit and intention of the whole book : — " In old days there were angels who came and took men by...a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward ; and the hand may be a little... | |
 | 1897 - 678 էջ
...all its members are without any knowledge of the truth expressed so beautifully by George Eliot: "In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the citj' of destruction. We see no whitewinged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction;... | |
 | George Eliot - 1864 - 300 էջ
...a growing purpose to the earnings, drawing his hope and joy continually onward beyond the money. In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of 20 destruction. We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction:... | |
 | 1873 - 778 էջ
...so. Now and then we encounter beautiful and poetic ideas. This, for instance, is admirably put : " In old days there were angels who came and took men by...a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward ; and the hand may be a little... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1873 - 766 էջ
...so. Now and then we encounter beautiful and poetic ideas. This, for instance, is admirably put : " In old days there were angels who came and took men by...a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward ; and the hand may be a little... | |
 | George Eliot, Alexander Main - 1873 - 444 էջ
...FLOSS.' • PART FOURTH. SAYINGS FROM 'SILAS MARNER.' SILAS MARKER. George Eliot (in propria persona). IN old days there were angels who came and took men by...a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward ; and the hand may be a little... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1920 - 596 էջ
...the key-note of the story, telling how a child may flood with light an old man's darkened hopes. "In old days there were angels who came and took men by...a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently toward a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 էջ
...a growing purpose to the earnings, drawing his hope and joy continually onward beyond the money. In old days there were angels who came and took men by...them away from the city of destruction. We see no white winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction : a hand i¿ put into... | |
 | George Eliot - 1875 - 460 էջ
...FLOSS.' PART FOURTH. SAYINGS FROM 'SILAS MARNER.' SILAS MARNER. George Eliot (in propria persona). IN old days there were angels who came and took men by...a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward ; and the hand may be a little... | |
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In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no whitewinged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction : a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth... 
