Table-talk on Books, Men, and MannersRobert Conger Pell G. P. Putnam, 1853 - 229 páginas |
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... answered the duke , " for it is positively said , ' Cursed is he of whom all men speak well . ' ' This is taking a man by surprise , and being wel- come when you have surprised him . The person flattered receives you into his closet at ...
... answered the duke , " for it is positively said , ' Cursed is he of whom all men speak well . ' ' This is taking a man by surprise , and being wel- come when you have surprised him . The person flattered receives you into his closet at ...
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... sends him the following ab- struse propositions , to which , however , Coleridge did not " deign an answer . " Whether God loves a lying angel better than a true 2 * AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK . 17 target of wit. It is easy to talk of ...
... sends him the following ab- struse propositions , to which , however , Coleridge did not " deign an answer . " Whether God loves a lying angel better than a true 2 * AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK . 17 target of wit. It is easy to talk of ...
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... answer questions . " DUELLING , Though barbarous in civilized , is a highly civil- ized institution among barbarous people ; and when compared to assassination , is a prodigious victory gained over human passions . - Sydney Smith . APES ...
... answer questions . " DUELLING , Though barbarous in civilized , is a highly civil- ized institution among barbarous people ; and when compared to assassination , is a prodigious victory gained over human passions . - Sydney Smith . APES ...
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... answered , " He is like a ninepin , little at both ends , but great in the middle . " THE PROTESTANT CHURCH . John Wilkes was once asked by a Roman Cath- olic gentleman , in a warm dispute on religion , " Where was your church before ...
... answered , " He is like a ninepin , little at both ends , but great in the middle . " THE PROTESTANT CHURCH . John Wilkes was once asked by a Roman Cath- olic gentleman , in a warm dispute on religion , " Where was your church before ...
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... answer , ' is Cardinal Wolsey . ' ' No , sir , ' cried the lady , drawing herself up , and casting at her informant a look of angry disdain , ' we know a little better than that ; Cardinal Wolsey has been dead many a good year ! ' ' No ...
... answer , ' is Cardinal Wolsey . ' ' No , sir , ' cried the lady , drawing herself up , and casting at her informant a look of angry disdain , ' we know a little better than that ; Cardinal Wolsey has been dead many a good year ! ' ' No ...
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Página 81 - Give a man this taste and a means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. "You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history; with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. " You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him.
Página 91 - I am amazed at his grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look before him, behind him, or on either side of him, without seeing some noble peer who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong. Does he not feel that it is as honourable to owe it to these, as to being the accident of an accident...
Página 152 - Reader, if haply thou art blessed with a moderate collection, be shy of showing it; or if thy heart overfloweth to lend them, lend thy books; but let it be to such a one as STC — he will return them (generally anticipating the time appointed) with usury; enriched with annotations, tripling their value.
Página 101 - With peculiar fondness they will recall that venerable chamber, in which all the antique gravity of a college library was so singularly blended with all that female grace and wit could devise to embellish a drawing-room.
Página 210 - I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the public good of my country, by advancing our trade ; providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich. I have no children by which I can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing.
Página 136 - You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light, You common people of the skies; What are you when the moon shall rise?
Página 45 - When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.