The Cornhill Magazine

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William Makepeace Thackeray
Smith, Elder and Company, 1903
 

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Strana 298 - ... of sense laughs at it, at the same time that he knows he must not neglect it: there are a thousand foolish customs of this kind, which not being criminal must be complied with, and even cheerfully, by men of sense. Diogenes the Cynic was a wise man for despising them ; but a fool for showing it. Be wiser than other people, if you can ; but do not tell them so.
Strana 616 - mid fire and smoke, And twice ten hundred voices spoke, "The Playhouse is in flames !" And lo ! where Catherine Street extends, A fiery tail its lustre lends To every...
Strana 751 - John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do.
Strana 751 - Every look showed how fully he enjoyed ' the gay remembrance of a life well spent ;' and wherever he went, he diffused a portion of his own felicity. Easy and affable in his demeanour, he accommodated himself to every sort of company, and showed how happily the most finished courtesy may be blended with the most perfect piety. In his conversation, we might be at a loss whether to admire most, his fine classical taste, his extensive knowledge of men and things, or his overflowing goodness of heart....
Strana 616 - Ye reckless dupes, who hither wend your way To gaze on puppets in a painted dome, Pursuing pastimes glittering to betray, Like falling stars in life's eternal gloom, What seek ye here ? Joy's evanescent bloom ? Woe's me ! the brightest wreaths she ever gave Are but as flowers that decorate a tomb.
Strana 845 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
Strana 610 - Se fosse tutto pieno il mio dimando, Risposi lui, voi non sareste ancora Dell' umana natura posto in bando: Chè in la mente m' è fitta, ed or mi accora La cara e buona imagine paterna Di voi, quando nel mondo ad ora ad ora M...
Strana 751 - So fine an old man I never saw. The happiness of his mind beamed forth in his countenance. Every look showed how fully he enjoyed ' the gay remembrance of a life well spent ;' and wherever he went, he diffused a portion of his own felicity.
Strana 66 - Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess.
Strana 750 - They are already forbid all the pulpits in London, and to preach in that diocese is actual schism. In all likelihood it will come to the same all over England, if the Bishops have courage enough.

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