I take it, is the mob-law of the features, and propriety the magistrate who reads the riot-act. She carried the brimming cup of her inestimable virtues with a cautious, steady hand, and an eye always on them, to see that they did not spill. Then she was... The professor at the breakfast table - Seite 55von Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1870 - 288 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 236 Seiten
...the virtues and graces of the proprietor of one of these life-absorbing organs. When they touch ns, virtue passes out of us, and we feel as if our electricity...anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionary words, are admirable subjects for biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat-pattern... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 242 Seiten
...overgrown human torpedo. " The Model of all the Virtues " had a pair of searching eyes as clear as Weuham ice. ; but they were slower to melt than that fickle...anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionary words, are admirable subjects for biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat-pattern... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 242 Seiten
...character. Her mind was a perfect laboratory of tests and reagents ; every syllable you put into breatli went into her intellectual eudiometer, and all your...anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionary words, are admirable subjects for biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat-pattern... | |
| 1878 - 294 Seiten
...the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. Geo. Macdonald's "Marquis of Lcssie." — We must have a weak spot or two in a character before we can love it much. Dr. Holmes's " The Story of Iris" — Genuine love is the ripest, the most perfect fruit of Life. Mrs.... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1879 - 498 Seiten
...grateful, dutiful, obedient to her wishes for the most part, — perhaps not quite up to the conceit pitch of such a perfect orchestra of the virtues....anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionary words, are admirable subjects for biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 630 Seiten
...zigzag line of genius running like a glittering vein through the marble whiteness of her virgin nature I One of the- lady-patroness's peculiar virtues was...biographies. But -we don't always care most for those flat-pattern flowers that press best in the herbarium. This immaculate woman — why couldn't she have... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 640 Seiten
...to see that they did not spill. Then she was an admirable judge of character. Her mind was a pertect laboratory of tests and re-agents ; every syllable...biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat-pattern flowers that press best in the herbarium. This immaculate woman — why couldn't she have... | |
| Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 448 Seiten
...2197 The maid who modestly conceals her beauties, while she hides, reveals. — Edward Moore. 2198 We must have a weak spot or two in a character before...anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionary words, are admirable subjects for biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat... | |
| Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 Seiten
...in Scotland. We must have a weak spot or two in a character before we can love it much. People thai ,L ɒ 'ڮnR5 ^; 4 ~ )& l' = |x f 6 ... \ > y #!~ ϷI H o |i`t 0 h b d c a ` mlj Zɕ ^c4 2 care most for those flat-pattern flowers that press best in the herbarium. u. HOLMES- The Professor... | |
| 1882 - 1434 Seiten
...nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well. • . HILL— Verses Written on a Window in Scotland. ers, And they Peo. pie thai do not liiugh or cry, or take more of anything than is good for them, or use anything... | |
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