"Sayings," by George Eliot ("Adam Bede")
Title
"Sayings," by George Eliot ("Adam Bede")
Description
- Folks as have no mind to be o'nae, have allays the Ineck to be ont o' the road when there's anything to be done. It seems as if them as aren't wanted here are th' only folks as aren't wanted i' th' other world.
Creator
George Eliot
Source
Eliot, George. "'Sayings,' by George Eliot ('Adam Bede')." Williamstown Chronicle (Vic. : 1856 - 1954), 5 April 1873, p. 6.
Publisher
George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org
Date
1873-04-05
Citation
George Eliot, "Sayings," by George Eliot ("Adam Bede"), Contemporaries on George Eliot's Works, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/52644