Touchwood

The man with the excitable temper is called Touchwood, while the man who slides into a deferential acceptance of opinions made for him is Mixtus.

George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy George Willis Cooke 1885

The man with the excitable temper is called Touchwood, while the man who slides into a deferential acceptance of opinions made for him is Mixtus.

George Eliot; A Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philosophy Cooke, George W 1884

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Touchwood, I hope I'm right for the sake of the next generation.

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For this purpose, as soon as Touchwood learned that his house was to be applied to for the original deeds left in charge by the deceased Earl of Etherington, he expedited a letter, directing that only the copies should be sent, and thus rendered nugatory

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He stated he had business; and Touchwood replied that he could have none but composing his next sermon, and reminded him that it was two days till Sunday.

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“There now,” said Touchwood, “there was a rencontre between them — the very thing I wanted to know.”

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Not less exasperating was the constant interceding voice of Touchwood, who, in tones alternately plaintive and snappish, kept on a string of expostulations.

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“Never mind — never mind — I shall make no bad use of what I have learned,” said Touchwood.

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