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Not the less did the Presbyterians, with some Prelatists among them, undertake it themselves. -Coming after these authorities, and availing myself of their inquiries, but with other authorities to aid me, and as much of fresh investigation, and of criticism of my authorities, as I can add, I shall attempt what, even for our own forgetful and self-engrossed time, ought to be a not uninteresting portion of the history of bygone English opinion.
Not long ago a clever woman whose husband does not resent her working, since his home and children are well looked after, said to me: "I've always been interested in what he had to say of his day at the office, but he doesn't seem to care at all about my day. He seems so awfully self-engrossed." The truth probably is that they are both self-engrossed, but women can dissemble and men cannot.
That is wonderfully unlike your life, is it not? Remember thy Creator; shift the centre of your life. What I have been saying might be true of a man, the centre of whose life was himself, and such a man is next door to a devil, for, I suppose, the definition of devil is 'self-engrossed still, and whosoever lives for himself is dead. Don't let the earth be the centre of your system, but the sun.
Her attitude had been self-engrossed and materialistic. She sighed. How difficult it was to drive self out of one's thoughts, for was there anything as interesting in the whole of the wonderful world as one's self, one's miserably unworthy, puny self? Hadassah had truly said, "We have two selves . . . what armed enemies they are!" Surely she, Margaret, had more than two selves?
"Well, I'm not, thank goodness!" cried Jack bluntly. "Why do you tell me such gruesome stories? My own troubles are quite enough just now. I don't want to hear any more horrors." "It was just to distract your mind from yourself that I did tell you. Once upon a time I met a man who read me a beautiful lecture upon the dangers of being selfish and self-engrossed.
He spoke with difficulty. His hand was reached out for hers. With an effort Sally took it, and bent and kissed Gaga's temple. He looked ghastly, and his face was moist with perspiration. Had Gaga seen the aversion in Sally's eyes he would have released her in horror; but he was self-engrossed.
The worldling who seeks her never sees so much as the hem of her garment; the egotist, the self-engrossed man, searches in vain for her counsel and consolation; the over-anxious, fretful soul finds her indifferent and incommunicable.
"Brigit." Re-reading this letter, which she was far too self-engrossed to consider selfish, Brigit addressed it. Then she looked over her clothes, packed them in three boxes, one of which she labelled, "To be called for," the other two of which were to go with her. It was long after one when she had finished her work and sat down to rest. She was not tired, nor did she feel any special excitement.
And then she saw, what she had been too self-engrossed to see before, that fire had kindled fire indeed, and that those rash words of hers had waked the savage in him. She made a sharp, instinctive effort to free herself, but he held her fast. She had outrun his patience at last. "So," he said, "you defy me, do you? You defy me to take what is my own? That is not very wise of you."
It makes them morbid and self-engrossed. I saw that his quick eyes had already noted my Bible, and was vexed to feel my cheeks flushing. 'Miss Thorn's appearance is certainly not morbid, said Captain Gates good-naturedly; and as I looked up at him I met a frank, kindly glance from his dark eyes. 'No, I am not morbid, I said; 'I am very happy.
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