All 4 Uses of
exile
in
Middlemarch
- But Brother Jonah, Sister Martha, and all the needy exiles, held a different point of view.†
Chpt 3 *
- He continually deferred the final steps; in the midst of his fears, like many a man who is in danger of shipwreck or of being dashed from his carriage by runaway horses, he had a clinging impression that something would happen to hinder the worst, and that to spoil his life by a late transplantation might be over-hasty—especially since it was difficult to account satisfactorily to his wife for the project of their indefinite exile from the only place where she would like to live.†
Chpt 7
- Exiles notoriously feed much on hopes, and are unlikely to stay in banishment unless they are obliged.†
Chpt 8
- When Will Ladislaw exiled himself from Middlemarch he had placed no stronger obstacle to his return than his own resolve, which was by no means an iron barrier, but simply a state of mind liable to melt into a minuet with other states of mind, and to find itself bowing, smiling, and giving place with polite facility.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(exile) to force someone to live outside of their homeland; or living in such a condition
or more rarely: voluntary absence from a place someone would rather be