“Oh, sir, the loftiest hopes on earth
Draw lots with meaner hopes: heroic breasts,
Breathing bad air, run risk of pestilence;
Or, lacking lime-juice when they cross the Line……
MiddlemarchCHAPTER XVIII.
“Oh, sir, the loftiest hopes on earth
Draw lots with meaner hopes: heroic breasts,
Breathing bad air, run risk of pestilence;
Or, lacking lime-juice when they cross the Line……
BOOK I. MISS BROOKE.
BOOK II. OLD AND YOUNG.
BOOK III. WAITING FOR DEATH.
BOOK IV. THREE LOVE PROBLEMS.
BOOK V. THE DEAD HAND.
BOOK VI. THE WIDOW AND THE WIFE.
BOOK VII. TWO TEMPTATIONS.