"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