Both Uses of
Quakers
in
Middlemarch
- They were just in time to see another figure standing against a pedestal near the reclining marble: a breathing blooming girl, whose form, not shamed by the Ariadne, was clad in Quakerish gray drapery; her long cloak, fastened at the neck, was thrown backward from her arms, and one beautiful ungloved hand pillowed her cheek, pushing somewhat backward the white beaver bonnet which made a sort of halo to her face around the simply braided dark-brown hair.†
Chpt 2quakerish = having the characteristics of a "Quaker"
- But she should be dressed as a nun; I think she looks almost what you call a Quaker; I would dress her as a nun in my picture.†
Chpt 2 *Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
Definition:
a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)