The Gentle Life: Essays in Aid of the Formation of CharacterS. Low, Son, & Marston, 1870 - 406 páginas |
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... fool . Izaak Walton tells us that there are as many troubles on the other side of riches as on this , and that the cares , which are the keys of riches , hang heavily at the rich man's girdle . Certainly there is no good thing ...
... fool . Izaak Walton tells us that there are as many troubles on the other side of riches as on this , and that the cares , which are the keys of riches , hang heavily at the rich man's girdle . Certainly there is no good thing ...
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... fool the world is to bow to an old coat ! " But he forgot that he was a greater fool to be elated by the applause . Those who have made them- selves rich may know all this too soon to forget it ; but those who are born in the enchanted ...
... fool the world is to bow to an old coat ! " But he forgot that he was a greater fool to be elated by the applause . Those who have made them- selves rich may know all this too soon to forget it ; but those who are born in the enchanted ...
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... fools of themselves for the merest trifle ; a button off a shirt , a bed ill - made , a dinner not very well cooked ... fool , but he escapes such condign and severe punishment . He , too , is a hero in his quiet way ; and a woman who ...
... fools of themselves for the merest trifle ; a button off a shirt , a bed ill - made , a dinner not very well cooked ... fool , but he escapes such condign and severe punishment . He , too , is a hero in his quiet way ; and a woman who ...
Página 119
... fool at the other . " But who would have been the wiser man , who would have enjoyed life more , who would have lived most pleasantly , who would have been the fool , who the philo- sopher ? Such as the latter the ill - tempered man ...
... fool at the other . " But who would have been the wiser man , who would have enjoyed life more , who would have lived most pleasantly , who would have been the fool , who the philo- sopher ? Such as the latter the ill - tempered man ...
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... fool ! " All the world sees who was the fool ! -that's a shrewd remark . Thackeray has applied the thought in a different way ; and although there is little comparison between the author of Vanity Fair and the finest pulpit orator that ...
... fool ! " All the world sees who was the fool ! -that's a shrewd remark . Thackeray has applied the thought in a different way ; and although there is little comparison between the author of Vanity Fair and the finest pulpit orator that ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Æschylus ambition amongst apology bad company beautiful believe better boys brave Cæsar called cheerful choly Christian Church clever companions conscience creature of circumstances death destiny disappointed doctrine of Chance doubt English faith fate feeling fellow folly fool foolish fortune friends friendship genteel gentle gentleman give grow happy heart Hecuba hero honest honour husband illusions indulge Izaak Walton Jeremy Taylor king lady laugh live look Lord Lord Melbourne luck marriage married matter melan melancholy merry mind misery muscular Christian nature necessity never noble passion perhaps philosopher Plautus pleasure poet poor poverty Religio Medici religion reward rich says selfish servants smile soul success sure Sydney Smith talk tell temper things thought trials true truth Vanity Fair Victor Hugo virtue weeds wife wise wish woman women wonder words worship writes wrote young
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Página 289 - 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.
Página 334 - 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.
Página 216 - My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone...
Página 338 - 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.