To George Eliot, on the contrary-and this is the democratic side of her nature-it is the multitude, so charily treated by destiny, which claims deepest sympathy and tenderest compassion; so that all greatness, in her eyes, is not a privilege, but a debt, which entails on its possessor a more strenuous effort, a completer devotion to the service of average humanity.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
It was an outward passage, according to the little charts which the company had charily distributed, but most of the passengers were homeward bound, after a summer of rest and recreation, and they were counting the days before they might hope to see Fire Island Light.
"Humorous Ghost Stories"
Dorothy Scarborough
"Don't get up your expectations, it's not much," he said, charily, "but it's something to start on."
"The Iron Woman"
Margaret Deland