...and noble-hearted girl, he had not won delight—which he had also regarded as an object to be found by search. It is true that he knew all the classical...large drafts on his affections would not fail to be honored; for we all of us, grave or light, get our thoughts entangled in metaphors, and act fatally...

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...noble-hearted girl he had not won delight, — which he had also regarded as an object to be found by search. It is true that he knew all the classical...a mode of motion, which explains why they leave so .JT little extra force for their personal application. Poor Mr. Casaubon had imagined that his long...

...and noble-hearted girl he had not won delight — which he had also regarded as an object to be found by search. It is true that he knew all the classical...Poor Mr. Casaubon had imagined that his long studious bacherlorhood had stored up for him a compound interest of enjoyment, and that large drafts on his...

...observes of Mr Casaubon's disappointment concerning his lack of delight in his forthcoming marriage : "It is true that he knew all the classical passages...little extra force for their personal application" (Ch. 10, I, 126-7). Though light-hearted in tone, the passage confirms George Eliot's adherence to...

...Middlemarch, George Eliot describes the pedantic Angelican minister and scholar, Casaubon, as someone who "had imagined that his long studious bachelorhood...large drafts on his affections would not fail to be honored, for we all of us, grave or light, get our thoughts entangled in metaphors and act fatally...

...human flourishing — a conception that is primarily expansive and constructive. Metaphoric Morality Poor Mr. Casaubon had imagined that his long studious...large drafts on his affections would not fail to be honored; for we all of us, grave or light, get our thoughts entangled in metaphors, and act fatally...

...such a trait. Eliot makes this point most clearly when she earlier describes "poor Mr Casaubon" who "had imagined that his long studious bachelorhood...large drafts on his affections would not fail to be humoured" (111). The narrator goes on to make explicit that we construct our versions of reality based...

...Casaubon thinks of his emotions as like money in the bank, multiplying through time if they are not used: "Poor Mr. Casaubon had imagined that his long studious...large drafts on his affections would not fail to be honored" (111). Though this may be George Eliot's delicate way of telling the reader Casaubon was sexually...

...George Eliot memorably underscored this in Middlemarch, as Casaubon's marriage to Dorothea drew near: "Poor Mr. Casaubon had imagined that his long studious bachelorhood had stored up for him a compound inrerest of enjoyment, and that large drafrs on his affections would not fail to be honoured; for we...