What, then, could have made so great a noblemanfall
at her feet?
The impressionsof childhood are those that last
longest and cut deepest.
The general effect of them is that he usedhis eyes.
Thereis only one more question: Que scais-je?
Pauls surveying the general decay of that ancient
andvenerable church; held with Dr. Pray consider, shewarned him, that I have
enemies.
We rate thesame things at different values.
Directly we begin to protest, toattitudinise, to lay down laws, we
perish.
She was no brilliant match; she had gained a
reputation for pruderyand eccentricity. Sometimes, however, the Duchess walked
abroad.
She was not, we may hazard, a welcome guest or
analtogether hospitable hostess.
Theluxurious dallying and profaneness of the Court,
the sight ofMrs. The onlookers were full of derision, disparagement, and slander.
Though he deplored the vices of hisage he could never keep away from the centre of
them. Perhaps, then,it will be well to turn to religion to guide us?
What, then, could have made so great a noblemanfall
at her feet? Beauty is everywhere, and beauty is only two fingers-breadth
fromgoodness.
They were laughed at by theircontemporaries; Horace
Walpole sneered at them.
So, in the name of health and sanity, let us not
dwellon the end of the journey.
The novel had to justify its existence by telling a
true story andpreaching a sound moral. Happily these were principles thattallied
very well with his natural disposition and endowments.
Things are said very finely at thelower end of the
table. Suchwords help one to muffle up opinions which it would be highlyimpolitic to
speak outright. Six days later the Fire ofLondon altered their plans. Is the beauty
ofthis world enough, or is there, elsewhere, some explanation of themystery? The
happy family life had its effect upon Margarets character.
All I desire is fame , wrote Margaret Cavendish,
Duchess ofNewcastle.
Wright, thebiographer of Defoe, that these are not
works for the drawing-roomtable. Their mindsare weak, soft and without power of
resistance.
The impressionsof childhood are those that last
longest and cut deepest.
There werestorms, floods, and droughts; the Thames
frozen hard; cometsflaring in the sky. She believes;at the same time she does not
believe. But thepressure of the crowd about her coach was too great. No doubt there
are a thousand excuses for us; but hitherto we havebeen finding excuses for him. For
one does not say everything;there are some things which at present it is advisable
only tohint. They stand among the few English novelswhich we can call indisputably
great.
Pepys it is who prompts us to another reflection,
inevitable,unnecessary, perhaps unkind.
Happily these were principles thattallied very well
with his natural disposition and endowments. When they dine they must have the same
food they get athome.