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George Eliot (1819-1880), Middlemarch, chapter XXIV: Mrs. Garth, like more celebrated educators, had her favorite ancient paths, and in a general wreck of society would have tried to hold her "Lindley Murray" above the waves. Hat tip: Eric Thomson.

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