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"You've no idea, if you never tried it, how one can deceive one's-self in that way. I often did it at home, when I was a little boy.
"To fathom the depths of character, to trace its latent motives, to feel its finest quiverings of emotion, to comprehend the thoughts that are hidden under words, and thus possess one's-self of the actual mind of the individual man" such was Macready's definition of the player's art; and to this we may add the testimony of Talma.
I may augur, from the silence of my family, that they object to the resolution I have taken; but I should not allow myself to be swerved from the path of duty, Mr. Copperfield, even by my papa and mama, were they still living. I expressed my opinion that this was going in the right direction. 'It may be a sacrifice, said Mrs. Micawber, 'to immure one's-self in a Cathedral town; but surely, Mr.
If the father lived at a time when the desire was to accumulate property, to secure the possession of it, to narrow and to gather one's-self in, and to base one's enjoyment in separation from the world, the son will at once seek to extend himself, to communicate himself to others, to spread himself over a wide surface, and open out his closed stores."
An odd manner, it may seem, of tying up a horse; but the most convenient and natural one in a country where one may often find one's-self fifty miles from any house, and five-and-twenty from a tree or bush.
It is almost entirely in this point of view that I have urged upon you the close consideration of the permanent influences of every present action. At your age, and with your inexperience, I know that there is an especial aptness to deceive one's-self by considering the case of those who, after leading a gay life for many years, have afterwards become the most zealous and devoted servants of God.
He knew some people who never could leave the house quiet enough to hear one's-self speak if they were deprived of lessons. Was that the way with her?
Why, but that justice is brought home to every member of society, that naked duty requires no shirking of such responsibility, that, had I failed here, the crime might, with reason, lie at my door and multiply, the criminal increase himself? Very possibly you will not unite with me; but these little catechisms are, once in a while, indispensable, to vindicate one's course to one's-self.
True patriotism consists in a readiness to sacrifice one's-self to the national well-being.
As far as one can judge not having seen Kean one's-self from the many criticisms extant, written by the most intellectual men, and from the accounts of those who saw him in his prime, he was, to my mind be it said without any disparagement to other great actors the greatest genius that our stage has ever seen.
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