 | 1915 - 826 pagina’s
...To be an honest man is, in the last resort, the highest of social positions. — Henry Perreyve. 6. There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The...available with an east wind, is to put on your overcoat. — Luwi'U. I. Every failure is a step advanced To him who will consider how it chanced. — Gearge... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1886 - 284 pagina’s
...evolution of things — has for some time been setting steadily in this direction. There is no gapd in arguing with the. inevitable. The only argument...available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. And in this case, also, the prudent will prepare themselves to encounter what they cannot prevent.... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1887 - 536 pagina’s
...to call the evolution of things, has for some time being setting in this direction There is no use arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. And in this case, also, the prudent will prepare themselves to encounter what they cannot prevent.... | |
 | Valrose (viscount, pseud.) - 1888 - 240 pagina’s
...Lowell is witty, pithy, epigrammatic. "There is no 'good in arguing with the inevitable," he says. "The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat." At another point he remarks : "We should remember that nothing is more natural for people whose education... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 398 pagina’s
...more wisely the evolution of things — has for some time been setting steadily in this direction. There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The...available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. And in this case, also, the prudent will prepare themselves to encounter what they cannot prevent.... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 pagina’s
...more wisely, the evolution,1 — of things has for some time been setting steadily in this direction. There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The...available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. And in this case, also, the prudent will prepare themselves to encounter what they can not prevent.... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pagina’s
...sir, with an argument. He'll bray you in a mortar. ». BE.V JOKSON — The Alchemist. Act II. Sc. 1. htingales do sing. V. Taming of the Shrew. Induction....Musick ! soft charm of heav'n and earth, Whence didst j. LOWELL — Democracy and Other Addresses. Democracy. The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1898 - 104 pagina’s
...more wisely the evolution of things — has for some time been setting steadily in this direction. There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The...available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. And in this case, also, the prudent will prepare themselves to encounter what they cannot prevent.... | |
 | William D. Hall - 1898 - 326 pagina’s
...market makes provision cheap. — POPE. „ market — makes A ( provision O glutted ( cheap. O 5. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. argument is .!L to put The on only overcoat. O available your with wind an east 6. A halter made of... | |
 | William Henry Wheeler - 1899 - 228 pagina’s
...agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. —GEORGE ELIOT. 4. There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put On your overcoat.—JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 5. And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made. —... | |
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There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. 
