Chloe Arguelle, by the author of 'The Rebecca rioter'.Tinsley Bros., 1881 |
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Page 83 - Non, je ne puis souffrir cette lâche méthode Qu'affectent la plupart de vos gens à la mode ; Et je ne hais rien tant que les contorsions De tous ces grands faiseurs de protestations, Ces affables donneurs d'embrassades frivoles, Ces obligeants diseurs d'inutiles paroles, Qui de civilités avec tous font combat, Et traitent du même air l'honnête homme et le fat.
Page 83 - Ces obligeants diseurs d'inutiles paroles, Qui de civilités avec tous font combat, Et traitent du même air l'honnête homme et le fat. Quel avantage at-on qu'un homme vous caresse, Vous jure amitié, foi, zèle, estime, tendresse, Et vous fasse de vous un éloge éclatant, Lorsque au premier faquin il court en faire autant?
Page 83 - Sur quelque préférence une estime se fonde, Et c'est n'estimer rien qu'estimer tout le monde.
Page 167 - ... could cut through the authorized version to the true nature of things. He made it his business to take nothing on trust, to respect no authority but that of his own judgment, and to be elegantly unsurprised at the grossest crimes and follies, especially those of the world's anointed. Mary Ann listened to what he said even when she seemed to be occupied with Rafe. Gilbert knew this, and he knew when he'd managed to shock her. She clenched her hands, blinked rapidly, and a red splotch, vivid as...
Page 15 - Joneses — outwardly lively but inwardly dreary — employed in noting and storing up in their memories as much as possible of what they see and hear, so as to be able to...