George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss (1860), said by Mr Tulliver
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All the learnin’ my father ever paid for was a bit o’ birch at one end and the alphabet at th’ other.
— George Eliot on Corporal punishment
What It Means
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About George Eliot
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans; 22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880) was an English novelist and poet. Despite the strong social customs of her times against such arrangements, she lived unmarried with fellow writer George Henry Lewes for over 20 years.
About George Eliot
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans; 22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880) was an English novelist and poet. Despite the strong social customs of her times against such arrangements, she lived unmarried with fellow writer George Henry Lewes for over 20 years.
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