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" The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. "
Die Suche nach dem Absoluten und das Finden des Masses
by Léon Wurmser - 2001 - 439 pages
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Middlemarch: a study of provincial life, by George Eliot

Mary Ann Evans - 1873 - 308 pages
...remembering where he was, and saw Dorothea's face looking up at him with a sweet, trustful gravity. The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes,...seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. That influence was beginning to act on Lydgate, who had for many days been seeing all life as one who...
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Middlemarch, by George Eliot, Volume 4

Mary Ann Evans - 1873 - 392 pages
...remembering where he was, and saw Dorothea's face looking up at him with a sweet trustful gravity. The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes,...seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. That influence was beginning to act on Lydgate, who had for many days been seeing all life as one who...
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Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse: Selected from the Works ...

George Eliot, Alexander Main - 1873 - 444 pages
...was dead ; and they are fortunate who get a theatre where the audience demands their best. — o — The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes,...seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. A great historian, as he insisted on calling himself, who had the happiness to be dead a hundred and...
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Wise, Witty and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse,: Selected from the Works ...

George Eliot - 1875 - 460 pages
...was dead ; and they are fortunate who get a theatre where the audience demands their best. — o — The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes,...seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. — o — A great historian, as he insisted on calling himself, who had the happiness to be dead a...
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Novels of George Eliot: Middlemarch

George Eliot - 1876 - 474 pages
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The Works of George Eliot, Volume 16

George Eliot - 1878 - 482 pages
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Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life

George Eliot - 1883 - 756 pages
...remembering where he was, and saw Dorothea's face looking up at him with a sweet trustful gravity. The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights fr.r us : we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too...
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George Eliot's Complete Works, Volume 8, Issue 2

George Eliot - 1887 - 454 pages
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George Eliot's Works: Middlemarch

George Eliot - 1894 - 468 pages
...remembering where he was, and saw Dorothea's face looking up at him with a sweet trustful gravity. The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes,...seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. That influence was beginning to act on Lydgate, who had for many days been seeing all life as one who...
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The World Beautiful

Lilian Whiting - 1896 - 316 pages
...formulated. " The presence of a noble nature changes the lights for us," says George Eliot. " We feel that we, too, can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our conduct." To come in contact with this noble nature at a lunch, a tea, may be as valuable as to attend...
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