All 9 Uses of
wrought
in
The Mill on the Floss
- The days were gone when people could be greatly wrought upon by their faith, still less change it; the Catholics were formidable because they would lay hold of government and property, and burn men alive; not because any sane and honest parishioner of St. Ogg's could be brought to believe in the Pope.†
Chpt 1.12
- Philip was not without confidence that his father would be ultimately wrought upon as he had expected, by what had passed; but the scene had jarred upon his nerves, which were as sensitive as a woman's.†
Chpt 6.8
- But at length the music wrought in her young limbs, and the longing came; even though it was the horrible young Torry, who walked up a second time to try and persuade her.†
Chpt 6.10
- A woman's arm touched the soul of a great sculptor two thousand years ago, so that he wrought an image of it for the Parthenon which moves us still as it clasps lovingly the timeworn marble of a headless trunk.†
Chpt 6.10
- All the pride of her nature was stung into activity; the hateful weakness which had dragged her within reach of this wound to her self-respect had at least wrought its own cure.†
Chpt 6.10
- Stephen was silent; he could not pursue that argument; the opposite conviction had wrought in him too strongly through his previous time of struggle.†
Chpt 6.11
- His imagination wrought out the whole story; Stephen was madly in love with her; he must have told her so; she had rejected him, and was hurrying away.†
Chpt 6.13
- Dr. Kenn, having a conscience void of offence in the matter, was still inclined to persevere,—was still averse to give way before a public sentiment that was odious and contemptible; but he was finally wrought upon by the consideration of the peculiar responsibility attached to his office, of avoiding the appearance of evil,—an "appearance" that is always dependent on the average quality of surrounding minds.†
Chpt 7.5
- The desolation wrought by that flood had left little visible trace on the face of the earth, five years after.†
Chpt 7.5 *
Definition:
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(wrought as in: wrought iron) worked -- as when iron is shaped to fit by bending or beating