Talk:sackless
Latest comment: 7 years ago by Equinox in topic Another use in Emily Brontë
Another use in Emily Brontë[edit]
Apparently 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?'