Talk:sackless
Latest comment: 7 years ago by Equinox in topic Another use in Emily Brontë
Another use in Emily Brontë
editApparently another sense here. (Note that "starved" in this citation apparently refers to cold and not hunger.) Equinox ◑ 04:42, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
- Cathy stared a long time at the lonely blossom trembling in its earthy shelter, and replied, at length — 'No, I'll not touch it: but it looks melancholy, does it not, Ellen?'
'Yes,' I observed, 'about as starved and sackless as you; your cheeks are bloodless; let us take hold of hands and run. You're so low, I daresay I shall keep up with you.'
- Cathy stared a long time at the lonely blossom trembling in its earthy shelter, and replied, at length — 'No, I'll not touch it: but it looks melancholy, does it not, Ellen?'