George Eliot Quote

A peasant can no more help believing in a traditional superstition than a horse can help trembling when be sees a camel.


Adam Bede... Tenth edition (ed. 1862)


A peasant can no more help believing in a traditional superstition than a horse can help trembling when be sees a camel.

A peasant can no more help believing in a traditional superstition than a horse can help trembling when be sees a camel.

A peasant can no more help believing in a traditional superstition than a horse can help trembling when be sees a camel.

A peasant can no more help believing in a traditional superstition than a horse can help trembling when be sees a camel.