That big muscular frame of his held plenty of animal courage, but helped him to no decision when the dangers to be braved were such as could neither be knocked down nor throttled.
Chapter 3 (at page 28) - Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861)
That big muscular frame of his held plenty of animal courage, but helped him to no decision when the dangers to be braved were such as could neither be knocked down nor throttled.
Chapter 3 (at page 28) - Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861)