The Gentle Life: Essays in Aid of the Formation of CharacterSampson, Low, son & Marston, 1866 - 303 pagina's |
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Pagina 61
... telling white lies in one's speech . It is as- sumed , sometimes almost unconsciously , for the sake of pleasing , there is little doubt of that ; and he or she who is affected may call it an amiable weakness , and excuse it in ten ...
... telling white lies in one's speech . It is as- sumed , sometimes almost unconsciously , for the sake of pleasing , there is little doubt of that ; and he or she who is affected may call it an amiable weakness , and excuse it in ten ...
Pagina 64
... telling him always to " bring it out , " meaning his natural voice . Bashfulness made him pipe in a childish treble , while all the time his magnificent organ lay unused . dare say the story will fit other singers too . It certainly ...
... telling him always to " bring it out , " meaning his natural voice . Bashfulness made him pipe in a childish treble , while all the time his magnificent organ lay unused . dare say the story will fit other singers too . It certainly ...
Pagina 69
... Tell me what you eat , and I will tell you what you are . " And here is one which will be even more unsavory to certain ascetics , to monks and fasting persons , to teetotalers and vegetarians : - " The Creator , in making it obligatory ...
... Tell me what you eat , and I will tell you what you are . " And here is one which will be even more unsavory to certain ascetics , to monks and fasting persons , to teetotalers and vegetarians : - " The Creator , in making it obligatory ...
Pagina 84
... tell us that there is a necessity for laughter , and that the old proverb of “ laugh and grow fat ” has its full virtue . In endeavouring to assign a mental source for laughter , too many of us overlook the physical causes from which it ...
... tell us that there is a necessity for laughter , and that the old proverb of “ laugh and grow fat ” has its full virtue . In endeavouring to assign a mental source for laughter , too many of us overlook the physical causes from which it ...
Pagina 88
... left , and he grows old apace . " How much this passion for crying has been indulged in by ladies our old writers will tell us . Almost every one of them accuses woman of being able to cry to order , 888 THE GENTLE LIFE.
... left , and he grows old apace . " How much this passion for crying has been indulged in by ladies our old writers will tell us . Almost every one of them accuses woman of being able to cry to order , 888 THE GENTLE LIFE.
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Pagina 71 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Pagina 248 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between. But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Pagina 4 - To consider the world in its length and breadth, its various history, the many races of man, their starts, their fortunes, their mutual alienation, their conflicts ; and then their ways, habits, governments, forms of worship ; their enterprises, their aimless courses, their random achievements and acquirements, the impotent conclusion of long-standing facts, the tokens so faint and broken of a superintending design, the blind evolution...
Pagina 11 - Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer, Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law Tho...
Pagina 261 - tis all a cheat, Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on and think to-morrow will repay ; To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Pagina 188 - In loving thou dost well, in passion not, Wherein true love consists not. Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges; hath his seat In reason, and is judicious ; is the scale By which to heavenly love thou may'st ascend, Not sunk in carnal pleasure ; for which cause, Among the beasts no mate for thee was found.
Pagina 131 - Rawdon Crawley, springing out, seized him by the neckcloth, until Steyne, almost strangled, writhed, and bent under his arm. "You lie, you dog!" said Rawdon. "You lie, you coward and villain ! " And he struck the peer twice over the face with his open hand, and flung him bleeding to the ground. It was all done before Rebecca could interpose. She stood there trembling before him. She admired her husband, strong, brave, and victorious. " Come here," he said. She came up at once. "Take off those things.
Pagina 159 - Tell, manhood shakes off pity, Tell, virtue least preferreth. And if they do reply, Spare not to give the lie. So when thou hast, as I Commanded thee, done blabbing — Although to give the lie Deserves no less than stabbing — Yet stab at thee who will, No stab the soul can kill.
Pagina 110 - It is just that this youngster should die away: a sad thought for me, if I had not some hope that while it is dwindling I may be plotting and fitting myself for verses fit to live.