the grey colt

“[D]on’t you be getting too thick with him; he’s got his father’s blood in him. . . . Aye, aye, the grey colt may chance to kick like his black sire.”

—George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, 1860.

the dim setting of a jewel

“[H]er eyes and cheeks had that fire of young joy in them which will flame out if it can find the least breath to fan it; and her simple black dress, with its bit of black lace, seemed like the dim setting of a jewel.”

—George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, 1860.

light and sound

“And does not a supreme poet blend light and sound into one, calling darkness mute and light eloquent?”

—George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, 1860.

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The Four Horsemen

“The leading horse is white
The second horse is red
The third one is a black
The last one is a green”

—Aphrodite’s Child, The Four Horsemen, from the album 666, 1972.

a buff

“‘Bring me that muslin,’ said Mrs. Glegg; ‘it’s a buff—I’m partial to buff.’”

—George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, 1860.

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the pitiable fashion of those antiquated times

“The mother was getting fond of her tall, brown girl, the only bit of furniture now on which she could bestow her anxiety and pride; and Maggie, in spite of her own ascetic wish to have no personal adornment, was obliged to give way to her mother about her hair and submit to have the abundant black locks plaited into a coronet on the summit of her head after the pitiable fashion of those antiquated times.”

—George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, 1860.

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