About in the World: Essays by the Author of "The Gentle Life".Sampson Low, son, & Marston, 1864 - 312 pagina's |
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Pagina 8
... sure is openly exhibited ; for , as it has been said , self - love has always something comfortable to retire upon . The evil of the matter is this — that , however comfortable it may appear , the victim is lulled into a deep sleep ...
... sure is openly exhibited ; for , as it has been said , self - love has always something comfortable to retire upon . The evil of the matter is this — that , however comfortable it may appear , the victim is lulled into a deep sleep ...
Pagina 35
... sure test of language proves that the native Irish " —we again quote Goldwin Smith- " were a portion of the great Keltic race which once covered all Britain , Gaul , and probably Spain . " Luckily , as the Teutons or Anglo - Saxons ...
... sure test of language proves that the native Irish " —we again quote Goldwin Smith- " were a portion of the great Keltic race which once covered all Britain , Gaul , and probably Spain . " Luckily , as the Teutons or Anglo - Saxons ...
Pagina 45
... sure that an ill - dressed man will never be so much at ease as one who is well dressed , but we are certain that he will not think so highly nor so well . A mean and shabby appearance gives a man mean and shabby ways . A slattern in ...
... sure that an ill - dressed man will never be so much at ease as one who is well dressed , but we are certain that he will not think so highly nor so well . A mean and shabby appearance gives a man mean and shabby ways . A slattern in ...
Pagina 86
... sure to be the losers . It quietly covers over people with a smooth outside , whilst beneath the worst vices may infect them unseen . Some of the very best men have missed the respect of the world ; and some of the very worst have ...
... sure to be the losers . It quietly covers over people with a smooth outside , whilst beneath the worst vices may infect them unseen . Some of the very best men have missed the respect of the world ; and some of the very worst have ...
Pagina 120
... sure an index of character . Thin , pale lips are supposed to be indicative of ill - temper . They are more surely , perhaps , the consequences of a weakly and not too healthy habit of body . A very thin nether lip , clenched teeth ...
... sure an index of character . Thin , pale lips are supposed to be indicative of ill - temper . They are more surely , perhaps , the consequences of a weakly and not too healthy habit of body . A very thin nether lip , clenched teeth ...
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About in the World: Essays by the Author of "The Gentle Life". James Hain Friswell Volledige weergave - 1864 |
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Pagina 95 - Happy the man, who sees a God employed In all the good and ill, that chequer life! Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme.
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Pagina 208 - Peace sitting under her olive, and slurring the days gone by, When the poor are hovell'd and hustled together, each sex, like swine, When only the ledger lives, and when only not all men lie; Peace in her vineyard— yes!
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Pagina 227 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
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