Table-talk on Books, Men, and MannersRobert Conger Pell |
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... happy expres- sion of " the great vulgar , " is become a part of the English phraseology . — Hurd . THE STRAWBERRY . Dr. Butler said of strawberries , " Doubtless God could have made a better berry , but doubtless God never did . " A ...
... happy expres- sion of " the great vulgar , " is become a part of the English phraseology . — Hurd . THE STRAWBERRY . Dr. Butler said of strawberries , " Doubtless God could have made a better berry , but doubtless God never did . " A ...
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... HAPPY CHARACTER . He is a most lively , good - humoured , and pleasant man , who bears the ills of life as if they were blessings , and seems to take the rough and smooth with an equal countenance . This sort of unbended philosophy is ...
... HAPPY CHARACTER . He is a most lively , good - humoured , and pleasant man , who bears the ills of life as if they were blessings , and seems to take the rough and smooth with an equal countenance . This sort of unbended philosophy is ...
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... happy . Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame . - Hazlitt . 66 EVERY MAN'S HOUSE HIS CASTLE . " The following is Lord Chatham's brilliant illus- tration of the celebrated maxim in ...
... happy . Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame . - Hazlitt . 66 EVERY MAN'S HOUSE HIS CASTLE . " The following is Lord Chatham's brilliant illus- tration of the celebrated maxim in ...
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... HAPPY EPITHET . Lord Erskine , speaking of animals , and hesitating to call them brutes , hit upon a happy phrase - the mute creation . BAD TRANSLATORS . It was the remark of Madame La Fayette , that a bad translator was like an ...
... HAPPY EPITHET . Lord Erskine , speaking of animals , and hesitating to call them brutes , hit upon a happy phrase - the mute creation . BAD TRANSLATORS . It was the remark of Madame La Fayette , that a bad translator was like an ...
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... Cornbury : " Would ye be blessed ? despise low joys , low gains ; Disdain whatever Cornbury disdains ; Be virtuous , and be happy for your pains . ” And that masterly one to Lord Mansfield : “ Conspicuous AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK . 3333.
... Cornbury : " Would ye be blessed ? despise low joys , low gains ; Disdain whatever Cornbury disdains ; Be virtuous , and be happy for your pains . ” And that masterly one to Lord Mansfield : “ Conspicuous AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK . 3333.
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