All 8 Uses of
monk
in
Middlemarch
- It was three o'clock in the beautiful breezy autumn day when Mr. Casaubon drove off to his Rectory at Lowick, only five miles from Tipton; and Dorothea, who had on her bonnet and shawl, hurried along the shrubbery and across the park that she might wander through the bordering wood with no other visible companionship than that of Monk, the Great St. Bernard dog, who always took care of the young ladies in their walks.†
Chpt 1
- I like to think that the animals about us have souls something like our own, and either carry on their own little affairs or can be companions to us, like Monk here.†
Chpt 1 *
- "I am fond of knowing something about the people I live among," said Dorothea, who had been watching everything with the interest of a monk on his holiday tour.†
Chpt 4
- "Pray tell me what it is," said Dorothea, anxiously, also rising and going to the open window, where Monk was looking in, panting and wagging his tail.†
Chpt 4
- Thank ye, sir, thank ye," said Dagley, with a loud snarling irony which made Fag the sheep-dog stir from his seat and prick his ears; but seeing Monk enter the yard after some outside loitering, Fag seated himself again in an attitude of observation.†
Chpt 4
- But Dagley, only the more inclined to "have his say" with a gentleman who walked away from him, followed at once, with Fag slouching at his heels and sullenly evading some small and probably charitable advances on the part of Monk.†
Chpt 4
- But Dagley immediately fronted him, and Fag at his heels growled low, as his master's voice grew louder and more insulting, while Monk also drew close in silent dignified watch.†
Chpt 4
- At this last action Monk began to bark loudly, and it was a moment for Mr. Brooke to escape.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(monk) a male member of a religious order typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience