Both Uses of
assail
in
The Mill on the Floss
- It was not the first time Philip had been made angry by him, but Tom had never before been assailed with verbal missiles that he understood so well.†
Chpt 2.4 *
- The temptations of beauty are much dwelt upon, but I fancy they only bear the same relation to those of ugliness, as the temptation to excess at a feast, where the delights are varied for eye and ear as well as palate, bears to the temptations that assail the desperation of hunger.†
Chpt 5.3
Definition:
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(assail) attack physically or verbally