“ My father says an idle man ought not to exist, much less, be married. ”
George Eliot, Middlemarch (1872). copy citation
| Author | George Eliot |
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| Source | Middlemarch |
| Topic | father |
| Date | 1872 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/145/145-h/145-h.htm |
Context
““ On the contrary, I think it would be wicked in me to marry you even if I did love you. ” “ You mean, just as I am, without any means of maintaining a wife. Of course: I am but three-and-twenty. ” “ In that last point you will alter. But I am not so sure of any other alteration. My father says an idle man ought not to exist, much less, be married. “ Then I am to blow my brains out? ” “ No; on the whole I should think you would do better to pass your examination. I have heard Mr. Farebrother say it is disgracefully easy. ” “ That is all very fine.”
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