All 3 Uses of
opium
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Maggie's was a troublous life, and this was the form in which she took her opium.†
Chpt 1.6 *opium = a powerful narcotic
- Scorn and cynicism would be my only opium; unless I could fall into some kind of conceited madness, and fancy myself a favorite of Heaven because I am not a favorite with men.†
Chpt 6.7
- They had begun the morning with an indifferent salutation, and both had rejoiced in being aloof from each other, like a patient who has actually done without his opium, in spite of former failures in resolution.†
Chpt 6.9
Definition:
a powerful drug made from a type of poppy; relieves pain and aids sleep, but highly addictive and dangerous when abused recreationally