You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil could it be otherwise in her frightful isolation? And that insipid, paltry creature attending her from duty and humanity\ From pity and charity! He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect... Wuthering Heights - Page 134by Emily Bronte - 1858 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Brontë - 1873 - 534 pages
...what she feels. You say she is often restless, and anxiouslooking : is that a proof of tranquillity ? You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil...her from duty and humanity ! From pity and charity t He might as well plant an oak in a flower-pot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - Authors, English - 1893 - 326 pages
...what she feels. You say she is often restless, and anxious-looking : is that a proof of tranquillity ? You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil...expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares ! Let us settle it at once : will you stay here, and am I to... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - English literature - 1896 - 334 pages
...what she feels. You say she is often restless, and anxious-looking : is that a proof of tranquillity ? You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil...expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares ! Let us settle it at once : will you stay here, and am I to... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - 1905 - 538 pages
...she feels. You say she is often restless, and anxious-looking — is that a proof of tranquillity ? You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil...from duty and humanity ! From pity and charity ! He ,Mght as well plant an oak in a flower-pot, and c\pect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Country life - 1906 - 420 pages
...what she feels. You say she is often restless, and anxious-looking : is that a proof of tranquillity ? You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil...duty and humanity! From pity and charity! He might as 128 well plant an oak in a flower-pot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1906 - 428 pages
...what she feels. You say she is often restless, and anxious-looking : is that a proof of tranquillity ? You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil...And that insipid, paltry creature attending her from duly and humanity/ From pity and charity! He might as well plant an oak in a flower-pot, and expect... | |
| Patsy Stoneman - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 224 pages
...much is apparent in Heathcliff's scathing dismissal of Edgar Linton's compassion and moral concern: 'and that insipid, paltry, creature attending her...expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!' The novel's dialectical vision proves Heathcliff both right... | |
| Patsy Stoneman - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 214 pages
...concern: 'and that insipid, paltry, creature attending her from duty and humanilyl From pity and charityl He might as well plant an oak in a flower-pot, and...expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!' The novel's dialectical vision proves Heathcliff both right... | |
| Martha C. Nussbaum - Philosophy - 2003 - 770 pages
...you! . . . You say she is often restless, and anxious-looking; is that a proof of tranquillity? . . . And that insipid, paltry creature attending her from...expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares! (180) Where is, then, the real Heaven of emotion, and where... | |
| Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë - Fiction - 2005 - 1384 pages
...what she feels. You say she is often restless, and anxious looking: is that a proof of tranquillity? You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil...attending her from duty and humanity\ From pity and charityl He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore... | |
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