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Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Man of action as he was, busy in the world’s great battle, there was a deeper religion binding him to God in his heart, in spite of his strong wilfulness, through all his mistakes, than Mr. Hale had ever dreamed.”

251. “Man of action as he was, busy in the world’s great battle, there was a deeper religion binding him to God in his heart, in spite of his strong wilfulness, through all his mistakes, than Mr. Hale had ever dreamed.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Mrs. Gibson, it is true, was ready to go over the ground as many times as any one liked; but her words were always like ready-made clothes, and never fitted individual thoughts.”

252. “Mrs. Gibson, it is true, was ready to go over the ground as many times as any one liked; but her words were always like ready-made clothes, and never fitted individual thoughts.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “You must never trifle with the love of an honest man. You don’t know what pain you may give.”

253. “You must never trifle with the love of an honest man. You don’t know what pain you may give.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “He might despise her, but the woman whom he had once loved should be kept from shame; and.”

254. “He might despise her, but the woman whom he had once loved should be kept from shame; and.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Sometimes I used to hear a farmer speaking sharp and loud to his servants; but it was so far away that it only reminded me pleasantly that other people were hard at work in some distant place, while I just sat on the heather and did nothing.”

255. “Sometimes I used to hear a farmer speaking sharp and loud to his servants; but it was so far away that it only reminded me pleasantly that other people were hard at work in some distant place, while I just sat on the heather and did nothing.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Every talent, every feeling, every acquirement; nay, even every tendency towards virtue was used up as materials for fireworks; the hidden, sacred fire, exhausted itself in sparkle and crackle.”

256. “Every talent, every feeling, every acquirement; nay, even every tendency towards virtue was used up as materials for fireworks; the hidden, sacred fire, exhausted itself in sparkle and crackle.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “But I belong to Teutonic blood; it is little mingled in this part of England to what it is in others; we retain much of their language; we retain more of their spirit; we do not look upon life as a time for enjoyment, but as a time for action and exertion. Our glory and our beauty arise out of our inward strength, which makes us victorious over material resistance, and over greater difficulties still.”

257. “But I belong to Teutonic blood; it is little mingled in this part of England to what it is in others; we retain much of their language; we retain more of their spirit; we do not look upon life as a time for enjoyment, but as a time for action and exertion. Our glory and our beauty arise out of our inward strength, which makes us victorious over material resistance, and over greater difficulties still.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “As she realised what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was. They were at the lowest now; they could not be worse.”

258. “As she realised what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was. They were at the lowest now; they could not be worse.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “People admire talent, and talk about their admiration. But they value common sense without talking about it, and often without knowing it.”

259. “People admire talent, and talk about their admiration. But they value common sense without talking about it, and often without knowing it.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “But how does your ladyship explain away her meetings with Mr Preston in all sorts of unlikely and open-air places?′ asked Miss Browning, who, to do her justice, would have been only too glad to join Molly’s partisans, if she could have preserved her character for logical deduction at the same time.”

260. “But how does your ladyship explain away her meetings with Mr Preston in all sorts of unlikely and open-air places?′ asked Miss Browning, who, to do her justice, would have been only too glad to join Molly’s partisans, if she could have preserved her character for logical deduction at the same time.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “The loss of what we possess nearest and dearest to us in this world, produces an effect upon the character we search out what we have yet left that can support, and, when found, we cling to it with a hold of new–strung tenacity.”

261. “The loss of what we possess nearest and dearest to us in this world, produces an effect upon the character we search out what we have yet left that can support, and, when found, we cling to it with a hold of new–strung tenacity.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “If sometimes she forgot and let herself go into all her old naturalness, by-and-by she checked herself, and became comparatively cold and reserved. Roger was pained at all this – more pained day after day; more anxious to discover the cause.”

262. “If sometimes she forgot and let herself go into all her old naturalness, by-and-by she checked herself, and became comparatively cold and reserved. Roger was pained at all this – more pained day after day; more anxious to discover the cause.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “It is well for us that we live at the present time, when everybody is logical and consistent.”

263. “It is well for us that we live at the present time, when everybody is logical and consistent.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “He had not loved her without gaining that instinctive knowledge of what capabilities were in her.”

264. “He had not loved her without gaining that instinctive knowledge of what capabilities were in her.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Only remember, Miss Phoebe, it’s you and I against the world, in defence of a distressed damsel.”

265. “Only remember, Miss Phoebe, it’s you and I against the world, in defence of a distressed damsel.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Edith was in the mood to think that any pleasure enjoyed away from her was a tacit affront, or at best a proof of indifference.”

266. “Edith was in the mood to think that any pleasure enjoyed away from her was a tacit affront, or at best a proof of indifference.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Mother’s love is given by God, John. It holds fast for ever and ever.”

267. “Mother’s love is given by God, John. It holds fast for ever and ever.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “I don’t think I am pretty,′ thought Molly, as she turned away from the glass; ‘and yet I am not sure.’ She would have been sure, if, instead of inspecting herself with such solemnity, she had smiled her own sweet merry smile, and called out the gleam of her teeth, and the charm of her dimples.”

268. “I don’t think I am pretty,′ thought Molly, as she turned away from the glass; ‘and yet I am not sure.’ She would have been sure, if, instead of inspecting herself with such solemnity, she had smiled her own sweet merry smile, and called out the gleam of her teeth, and the charm of her dimples.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “I like everybody to have an opinion of their own; only when my opinions are based on thought and experience, which few people have had equal opportunities of acquiring, I think it is but proper deference in others to allow themselves to be convinced. In fact, I think it is only obstinacy which keeps them from acknowledging that they are. I am not a despot, I hope?”

269. “I like everybody to have an opinion of their own; only when my opinions are based on thought and experience, which few people have had equal opportunities of acquiring, I think it is but proper deference in others to allow themselves to be convinced. In fact, I think it is only obstinacy which keeps them from acknowledging that they are. I am not a despot, I hope?”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “If I had any prejudices, the gift of such delicious fruit as this would melt them all away.”

270. “If I had any prejudices, the gift of such delicious fruit as this would melt them all away.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “He spoke two short sentences in a low voice, watching her all the time; for the pupils of her eyes dilated into a black horror, and the whiteness of her complexion became livid. He ceased speaking.”

271. “He spoke two short sentences in a low voice, watching her all the time; for the pupils of her eyes dilated into a black horror, and the whiteness of her complexion became livid. He ceased speaking.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “And that’s a less sin, to my mind, to making men’s hearts so hard that they’ll not do a kindness to them as needs it, or help on the right and just cause, though it goes again the strong hand.”

272. “And that’s a less sin, to my mind, to making men’s hearts so hard that they’ll not do a kindness to them as needs it, or help on the right and just cause, though it goes again the strong hand.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Much of this nervous dread of encountering strangers I ascribed to the idea of her personal ugliness, which had been strongly impressed upon her imagination early in life, and which she exaggerated to herself in a remarkable manner. “I notice,” said she, “that after a stranger has once looked at my face, he is careful not to let his eyes wander to that part of the room again!” A more untrue idea never entered into any one’s head.”

273. “Much of this nervous dread of encountering strangers I ascribed to the idea of her personal ugliness, which had been strongly impressed upon her imagination early in life, and which she exaggerated to herself in a remarkable manner. “I notice,” said she, “that after a stranger has once looked at my face, he is careful not to let his eyes wander to that part of the room again!” A more untrue idea never entered into any one’s head.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “What does it matter whether her husband dines in a dress–coat, or a market–coat, provided there be worth, and honesty, and a clean shirt underneath?”

274. “What does it matter whether her husband dines in a dress–coat, or a market–coat, provided there be worth, and honesty, and a clean shirt underneath?”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “To use a Scotch word, every thing looked more ’purposelike.”

275. “To use a Scotch word, every thing looked more ’purposelike.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “She listened to her story and her fears till the sobs were hushed; and the moon fell through the casement on the white closed eyelids of one, who still sighed in her sleep.”

276. “She listened to her story and her fears till the sobs were hushed; and the moon fell through the casement on the white closed eyelids of one, who still sighed in her sleep.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “My young lady, you’ve a pretty good temper of your own.”

277. “My young lady, you’ve a pretty good temper of your own.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “But all laws which depend for their enforcement upon informers and fines, become inert from the odiousness of the machinery.”

278. “But all laws which depend for their enforcement upon informers and fines, become inert from the odiousness of the machinery.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Why do you strike?′ asked Margaret. ‘Striking is leaving off work till you get your own rate of wages, is it not? You must not wonder at my ignorance; where I come from I never heard of a strike.”

279. “Why do you strike?′ asked Margaret. ‘Striking is leaving off work till you get your own rate of wages, is it not? You must not wonder at my ignorance; where I come from I never heard of a strike.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “And now sharper feelings came shooting through her heart, whether pain or pleasure she could hardly tell. Every mile was rodolent of associations, which she would not have missed for the world, but each of which made her cry upon ‘the days that are no more,’ with ineffable longing.”

280. “And now sharper feelings came shooting through her heart, whether pain or pleasure she could hardly tell. Every mile was rodolent of associations, which she would not have missed for the world, but each of which made her cry upon ‘the days that are no more,’ with ineffable longing.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Does the woman think I have nothing to do but run about the country in search of brides and bridegrooms, when this great case of Houghton v. Houghton is coming on, and I have not a moment to spare?′ he asked of his wife. ‘Perhaps she never heard of it,’ suggested Mrs. Kirkpatrick. ‘Nonsense! the case has been in the papers for days.’ ‘But she mayn’t know you are engaged in it.’ ‘She mayn’t,’ said he, meditatively – such ignorance was possible.”

281. “Does the woman think I have nothing to do but run about the country in search of brides and bridegrooms, when this great case of Houghton v. Houghton is coming on, and I have not a moment to spare?′ he asked of his wife. ‘Perhaps she never heard of it,’ suggested Mrs. Kirkpatrick. ‘Nonsense! the case has been in the papers for days.’ ‘But she mayn’t know you are engaged in it.’ ‘She mayn’t,’ said he, meditatively – such ignorance was possible.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “They were on those happy terms where silence is permissible, and where efforts to act against the prevailing mood of the mind are not required.”

282. “They were on those happy terms where silence is permissible, and where efforts to act against the prevailing mood of the mind are not required.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Jem had given it to him to bring to her; so it was safe enough; or, if it was not, why she should be glad never to set eyes on it again, for she could not abide fire-arms, they were so apt to shoot people.”

283. “Jem had given it to him to bring to her; so it was safe enough; or, if it was not, why she should be glad never to set eyes on it again, for she could not abide fire-arms, they were so apt to shoot people.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “He never looked at her, and yet, the careful avoidance of his eyes betokened that in some way he knew exactly where, if they fell by chance, they would rest on her.”

284. “He never looked at her, and yet, the careful avoidance of his eyes betokened that in some way he knew exactly where, if they fell by chance, they would rest on her.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “But being anxious and sorrowful about the same thing makes people friends quicker than anything, I think.”

285. “But being anxious and sorrowful about the same thing makes people friends quicker than anything, I think.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Then, mother, you make me love her more. She is unjustly treated by you, and I must make the balance even. But why do we talk of love or hatred? She does not care for me, and that is enough, – too much. Let us never name the subject again. It is the only thing you can do for me in the matter. Let us never name her.”

286. “Then, mother, you make me love her more. She is unjustly treated by you, and I must make the balance even. But why do we talk of love or hatred? She does not care for me, and that is enough, – too much. Let us never name the subject again. It is the only thing you can do for me in the matter. Let us never name her.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “I don’t think I ever saw her out of temper; but then I’m not sure if she takes things keenly to heart, and a certain obtuseness of feeling goes a great way towards a character for good temper, I’ve observed.”

287. “I don’t think I ever saw her out of temper; but then I’m not sure if she takes things keenly to heart, and a certain obtuseness of feeling goes a great way towards a character for good temper, I’ve observed.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Your poor mother’s fond wish, gratified at last in the mocking way in which over-fond wished are too often fulfilled.”

288. “Your poor mother’s fond wish, gratified at last in the mocking way in which over-fond wished are too often fulfilled.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Give me a wise man of science in love! No one beats him in folly.”

289. “Give me a wise man of science in love! No one beats him in folly.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “CHAPTER 1 “Haste to the Wedding” “Wooed and married and a’.” “Edith!” said Margaret, gently, “Edith!” But, as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep. She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley.”

290. “CHAPTER 1 “Haste to the Wedding” “Wooed and married and a’.” “Edith!” said Margaret, gently, “Edith!” But, as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep. She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Errands of mercy – errands of sin – did you ever think where all the thousands of people you daily meet are bound?”

291. “Errands of mercy – errands of sin – did you ever think where all the thousands of people you daily meet are bound?”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “He spoke as if the answer were a matter of indifference to him. But it was not so. For all his pain, he longed to see the author of it. Although he hated Margaret at times, when he thought of that gentle familiar attitude and all the attendant circumstances, he had a restless desire to renew her picture in his mind – a longing for the very atmosphere she breathed.”

292. “He spoke as if the answer were a matter of indifference to him. But it was not so. For all his pain, he longed to see the author of it. Although he hated Margaret at times, when he thought of that gentle familiar attitude and all the attendant circumstances, he had a restless desire to renew her picture in his mind – a longing for the very atmosphere she breathed.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Mrs. Gibson had once or twice reproved them for the merry noise they had been making, which hindered her in the business of counting the stitches in her pattern; and she had set herself a certain quantity to do that morning before going out, and was of that nature which attaches infinite importance to fulfilling small resolutions, made about indifferent trifles without any reason whatever.”

293. “Mrs. Gibson had once or twice reproved them for the merry noise they had been making, which hindered her in the business of counting the stitches in her pattern; and she had set herself a certain quantity to do that morning before going out, and was of that nature which attaches infinite importance to fulfilling small resolutions, made about indifferent trifles without any reason whatever.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “The mourner before him was no longer the employer; a being of another race, eternally placed in antagonistic attitude; going through the world glittering like gold, with a stony heart within, which knew no sorrow but through the accidents of Trade; no longer the enemy, the oppressor, but a very poor and desolate old man.”

294. “The mourner before him was no longer the employer; a being of another race, eternally placed in antagonistic attitude; going through the world glittering like gold, with a stony heart within, which knew no sorrow but through the accidents of Trade; no longer the enemy, the oppressor, but a very poor and desolate old man.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “I sometimes think there’s two sides to the commandment; and that we may say, ‘Let others do unto you, as you would do unto them,’ for pride often prevents our giving others a great deal of pleasure, in not letting them be kind, when their hearts are longing to help; and when we ourselves should wish to do just the same, if we were in their place.”

295. “I sometimes think there’s two sides to the commandment; and that we may say, ‘Let others do unto you, as you would do unto them,’ for pride often prevents our giving others a great deal of pleasure, in not letting them be kind, when their hearts are longing to help; and when we ourselves should wish to do just the same, if we were in their place.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Tell her to mind her own business the next time, instead of taking up your time and mine too. I believe women are at the bottom of every plague in this world. Be off with you.”

296. “Tell her to mind her own business the next time, instead of taking up your time and mine too. I believe women are at the bottom of every plague in this world. Be off with you.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “During all the months that had elapsed since Mrs Hamley’s death, Molly had wondered many a time about the secret she had so unwittingly become possessed of that last day in the Hall library.”

297. “During all the months that had elapsed since Mrs Hamley’s death, Molly had wondered many a time about the secret she had so unwittingly become possessed of that last day in the Hall library.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “She went out, going rapidly towards the country, and trying to drown reflection by swiftness of motion.”

298. “She went out, going rapidly towards the country, and trying to drown reflection by swiftness of motion.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “Ah! You may laugh; but that is only because I have not explained myself properly.”

299. “Ah! You may laugh; but that is only because I have not explained myself properly.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell Quote: “In such towns in the south of England, Margaret had seen the shopmen, when not employed in their business, lounging a little at their doors, enjoying the fresh air, and the look up and down the street. Here, if they had any leisure from customers, they made themselves business in the shop – even, Margaret fancied, to the unnecessary unrolling and rerolling of ribbons.”

300. “In such towns in the south of England, Margaret had seen the shopmen, when not employed in their business, lounging a little at their doors, enjoying the fresh air, and the look up and down the street. Here, if they had any leisure from customers, they made themselves business in the shop – even, Margaret fancied, to the unnecessary unrolling and rerolling of ribbons.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

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