| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...nature, and the culprit is a child strayed from his duty, and returned to it again with tears. SERMON xx. THERE is no small degree of malicious craft in fixing upon a season to give a mark of emnity and ill-will: a word — a look, which at one time would make no impression — at another time... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 446 pages
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| John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...asses, who, by gnawing vines, originally taught the great advantage of pruning them. Shensione. CCCCLXI. There is no small degree of malicious craft in fixing...and like a shaft flying with the wind, pierces deep, whiclV) with its own natural force, would scarce have reach Jd the object aimed at. — Sterne. CCCCLXII.... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...asses, who, by gnawing vines, originally taught the great advantage of pruning them. Shenstone. CCCCLXI. There is no small degree of malicious craft in fixing...a season to give a mark of enmity and ill-will: a word—a look, which at one time would make no impression—at another time wounds the heart; and like... | |
| 1831 - 548 pages
...Absalom, my son ! my son !'" ENMITY. " THEKE is no small degree of malicious craft," says Sterne, " in fixing upon a season to give a mark of enmity and ill will: a word or look which at one time would make no impression, at another time wounds the heart,... | |
| John Taylor - Quotations - 1839 - 274 pages
...acquisitions, and discountenance luxury in the enjoyment of them. — Steele. CCCCLXXXi. Enmity, — There is no small degree of malicious craft in fixing upon a season to give a mark of enmity and ill will; a word — a look, which at one time would make no impression — at another time wounds... | |
| Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...acquisitions, and discountenance luxury in the enjoyment of them. — Steels CCCCLXXXI. Enmity. — There is no small degree of malicious craft in fixing upon a season to give a mark of enmity and ill will ; a word — a look, which at one time would make no impression — at another time wounds... | |
| 1847 - 436 pages
...thick-headed fellow, and you are not a long-headed one ! " — Towneencfs Lines of Eminent Judges. TEERE is no small degree of malicious craft in fixing upon...a word — a look, which at one time would make no impression—at another time wounds the heart; and, like a shaft flying with the wind, pierces deep,... | |
| Anna Maria Hall - 1847 - 862 pages
...are a thick-headed fellow, and you are not a long-headed one!" —Towmend's Lives of Eminent Judges. THERE is no small degree of malicious craft in fixing...a season to give a mark of enmity and ill-will; a word—a look, which at one time would make no impression—at another time wounds the heart: and,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 pages
...gave me more pleasure than any one I had the honour to make in Italy. Sentimental Jma-ncy. There'is no small degree of malicious craft in fixing upon a season to give a mark of enmity and ill-will; a word—a look, which at one time would make no impression—at another time wounds the heart; and,... | |
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