Friends for the fireside: recollections [&c.].1860 |
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... society . The following pleasant reference to full petticoats and hoops was published in 1711 , and is curiously ap- plicable to the prevailing monstrosities of 1860 : - " It is recorded of Alexander the Great , that FRIENDS FOR THE ...
... society . The following pleasant reference to full petticoats and hoops was published in 1711 , and is curiously ap- plicable to the prevailing monstrosities of 1860 : - " It is recorded of Alexander the Great , that FRIENDS FOR THE ...
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... society it is the happy medium which blends the most discordant natures ; it imposes silence on the loquacious , and inclines the most reserved to furnish their share of conversation . It represses the despicable but common ambition of ...
... society it is the happy medium which blends the most discordant natures ; it imposes silence on the loquacious , and inclines the most reserved to furnish their share of conversation . It represses the despicable but common ambition of ...
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... society may justly be interrupted , yet love is an immortal thing . It is idle to talk of a Futurity , whether of happiness or of punishment , without assuming the idea of iden- tity . The individual who shall live hereafter as the ...
... society may justly be interrupted , yet love is an immortal thing . It is idle to talk of a Futurity , whether of happiness or of punishment , without assuming the idea of iden- tity . The individual who shall live hereafter as the ...
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... society , our tongues . " England is the paradise for women , " says the pro- verb . Hence another saying , that " if a bridge were made over the narrow seas , all the women in Europe would come over hither . " Yet it is worthy of ...
... society , our tongues . " England is the paradise for women , " says the pro- verb . Hence another saying , that " if a bridge were made over the narrow seas , all the women in Europe would come over hither . " Yet it is worthy of ...
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... society should be actively occupied , nature not affording any spare subsistence for the maintenance of drones . There is much sound wisdom in this maxim , and Christians ought to adopt it on higher principles . When Cromwell had signed ...
... society should be actively occupied , nature not affording any spare subsistence for the maintenance of drones . There is much sound wisdom in this maxim , and Christians ought to adopt it on higher principles . When Cromwell had signed ...
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Æsop amusing anecdotes answer Aristotle asked beauty better called Captain Marryat character Charles Lamb Charles Mathews Christian conversation dear dinner Doctor Doctor Johnson Duke exclaimed favour fear feel gentleman give good-natured happiness HARRY HIEOVER hath hear heard heart honour Horace Walpole human King lady Leigh Hunt live look Lord Lord Byron Lord Eldon Lord Melbourne Madam Madame du Deffand man's mankind manner marry master means mind morning nature never night novel observed occasion once person pleasure Poet poor post 8vo prayer price 21s reason religion remarked replied servant Sheridan soul speak spirit story sure Sydney Smith T. C. NEWBY'S Talleyrand tell thee Theodore Hook things thou thought told truth virtue Voltaire wife wine wise wish woman word write young
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الصفحة 186 - I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is towards individuals; for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one and Judge Such-a-one; so with physicians — I will not speak of my own trade — soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
الصفحة 294 - I do not like thee, Doctor Fell; The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know and know full well. I do not like thee. Doctor Fell!
الصفحة 253 - If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
الصفحة 206 - ... and such pleasures only imparted as others are qualified to enjoy. By this descent from the pinnacles of art no honour will be lost; for the condescensions of learning are always overpaid by gratitude. An elevated genius employed in little things appears, to use the simile of Longinus, like the sun in his evening declination ; he remits his splendour but retains his magnitude, and pleases more though he dazzles less.
الصفحة 3 - It is good in discourse, and speech of conversation, to vary, and intermingle speech of the present occasion with arguments, tales with reasons, asking of questions with telling of opinions, and jest with earnest ; for it is a dull thing to tire, and, as we say now, to jade any thing too far.
الصفحة 110 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold; as he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper.
الصفحة 149 - He is known by his knock. Your heart telleth you " That is Mr. ." A rap, between familiarity and respect ; that demands, and, at the same time, seems to despair of, entertainment. He entereth smiling, and — embarrassed. He holdeth out his hand to you to shake, and — draweth it back again. He casually looketh in about dinner time — when the table is full.
الصفحة 120 - Leave to enjoy myself. That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers...
الصفحة 150 - He is of opinion that the urn is the more elegant shape; but, after all, there was something more comfortable about the old tea-kettle, which you must remember. He dare say you must find a great convenience in having a carriage of your own, and appealeth to your lady if it is not so. Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet; and did not know, till lately, that such-and-such had been the crest of the family.
الصفحة 308 - Why should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die,* Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh?