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He was like a cock, who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. — George Eliot

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He was like a cock, who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

George Eliot
Adam Bede · 1859
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Topic
NarcissistsNarcissism
Statement type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Medium
Novel
Time
1859
Person
George Eliot
Provenance
Current citation
Eliot, George. Adam Bede, edited by Carol A. Martin. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 33.
Original citation
Eliot, George. Adam Bede. Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1859, ch. 33.

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