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... hear a will read , expecting to receive a legacy , would you employ the time in criticizing the lawyer's manner while reading it ? No ; you would give all your interest to ascertain if anything were left to your- self , and how much ...
... hear a will read , expecting to receive a legacy , would you employ the time in criticizing the lawyer's manner while reading it ? No ; you would give all your interest to ascertain if anything were left to your- self , and how much ...
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... hear you talk . ” Wilkes said of Lord Chatham : " He is the best orator and the worst letter - writer of his age . " - Quarterly Review . That happy state of mind so rarely possessed , in which we can say , " I have enough , " is the ...
... hear you talk . ” Wilkes said of Lord Chatham : " He is the best orator and the worst letter - writer of his age . " - Quarterly Review . That happy state of mind so rarely possessed , in which we can say , " I have enough , " is the ...
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... hear me read my ' Homme Personnel . " " " Consider , " replied the dying man , " that I have only a few hours to live . " " Alas ! yes ; and this is the very reason that makes me so desirous of knowing what you think of my play . " His ...
... hear me read my ' Homme Personnel . " " " Consider , " replied the dying man , " that I have only a few hours to live . " " Alas ! yes ; and this is the very reason that makes me so desirous of knowing what you think of my play . " His ...
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... hear the brave Admiral Sir Charles Wager say , that , in his whole life , he never killed a fly . " R , who was equally humane , hearing a lady confess that the only sport she indulged in was occasionally killing a wasp , exclaimed ...
... hear the brave Admiral Sir Charles Wager say , that , in his whole life , he never killed a fly . " R , who was equally humane , hearing a lady confess that the only sport she indulged in was occasionally killing a wasp , exclaimed ...
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... hear that there is happiness in the world , and delight to think on the pleasure diffused among the Burneys . I question if any ship upon the ocean goes out attended with more good wishes than that which carries the fate of Burney . I ...
... hear that there is happiness in the world , and delight to think on the pleasure diffused among the Burneys . I question if any ship upon the ocean goes out attended with more good wishes than that which carries the fate of Burney . I ...
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The Kaleidoscope of Anecdotes and Aphorisms, Collected by C. Sinclair Catherine Sinclair Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Admiral amusement answered asked Baron de Grimm better Bishop blessed called Chalmers character Charles Lamb Christian Church death delight Divine Doctor Doddington Duchess Duchess of Marlborough Duke duty dying earth evil exclaimed faith father favourite fear feel French gentleman George Selwyn give grace happiness hear heart heaven honour hope Horace Walpole hour human imagination Jesuit King labour Lady live look Lord Lord Chatham Louis XVI Madame Madame de Staël Madame du Deffand Majesty ment mind minister moral morning nature never night observed once pain passed passion person picture pleasure pray prayer preach Prince Queen religion remarked replied Rome Sidney Smith Sir James Mackintosh society soul speak spirit suffering Talleyrand tell things thought tion told truth virtue Voltaire walk whole wish words young
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Seite 201 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First, his Cromwell — and George the Third'* — (' Treason,' cried the speaker — ' Treason, treason !' echoed from every part of the house.
Seite 391 - Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me.
Seite 106 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.
Seite 247 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake : the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter, the rain may enter - but the King of England cannot enter ! All his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement.
Seite 170 - Who is it that causes to blow the loud winds of winter, and that calms them again in the summer? Who is it that rears up the shade of these lofty forests and blasts them with the quick lightning at his pleasure? The same Being who gave to you a country on the other side of the waters, and gave ours to us; and by this title we will defend it...
Seite 159 - Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy, who, by some mysterious law of her nature, was condemned to appear at certain seasons in the form of a foul and poisonous snake.
Seite 116 - A sense of duty pursues us ever. It is omnipresent, like the Deity. If we take to ourselves the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, duty performed, or duty violated, is still with us, for our happiness or our misery.
Seite 2 - Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
Seite 103 - God loves from whole to parts: but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next; and next all human race...
Seite 23 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.