 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...  Irish Monthly Magazine - 52. lappuse1875Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | George Eliot - 1861 - 398 lapas
...gave 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...threatening destruction : a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward ;... | |
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1861 - 304 lapas
...gave 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...threatening destruction : 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... | |
 | 1861 - 838 lapas
...rough 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...threatening destruction : a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward ;... | |
 | 1897 - 678 lapas
...that 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 lapas
...gave 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:... | |
 | George Eliot, Alexander Main - 1873 - 444 lapas
...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...threatening destruction : a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward ;... | |
 | 1873 - 778 lapas
...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...threatening destruction : a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward ;... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1873 - 766 lapas
...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...threatening destruction : a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward ;... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1920 - 596 lapas
...read 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...threatening destruction; 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... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 lapas
...gave a growing purpose to the earnings, drawing his hope and joy continually onward beyond the money. acter was no lese singular and unexpected. On observing...reapers, in a field bj the way-side, taking their br white winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction : a hand i¿ put into... | |
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