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And I am in that state at present that I trust no one, talk to no one, except of banalités. But I should be greatly obliged if you would come and listen to me, and, what is more, advise me some day." "Most gladly," said Sir Wilfrid, embarrassed; then, after a pause, "Who is this lady I find installed here?" Lady Henry hesitated, then shut her strong mouth on the temptation to speak.
Nothing, indeed, could more strikingly illustrate the commanding advantage possessed by a poet interpreting a poet than is to be found in Coleridge's occasional sarcastic comments on the banalites of our national poet's most prosaic commentator, Warburton the "thought-swarming, but idealess Warburton," as he once felicitously styles him.
I don't suppose you wish me to string you off a dozen mere banalites 'She 's a charming girl evidently a superior person has a great deal of style." "Oh no," said Gordon; "I know all that. But, at any rate," he added, "you like her, eh?" "I do more," said Longueville. "I admire her." "Is that doing more?" asked Gordon, reflectively. "Well, the greater, whichever it is, includes the less."
Only in the days after the conquest, when land rose in value and transfers became more frequent, could the lods et ventes be counted among real sources of seigneurial income. Then there were the so-termed banalites. In France their name was legion; no one but a seigneur could own a grist-mill, wine-press, slaughter-house, or even a dovecot.
If they are allowed, they chatter a great deal, but they never say anything. Their observations are the only BANALITES heard in Bohemia. However, though they cannot appreciate the artist as artist, they are quite ready to appreciate the artist as a man. They are very sensitive to kindness, respect and generosity.
Mais ce que je puis vous dire, c'est que, sous la caresse du TU, nos idees se sont elevees. Nous avions toujours beaucoup ri ensemble; mais nous n'avions jamais laisse des banalites s'introduire dans nos echanges de pensees. Ce soir-la, notre horizon intellectual s'est elargie, et nous y avons pousse des reconnaissances profondes et lointaines.
Whilst he is uttering a few of those banalités which must inevitably be the precursors of even the most interesting conversation between two strangers, Virginia is taking an inventory of him. He is tall, rather dark than fair; his features are well cut, and he has particularly expressive eyes, the color of which it takes her some time to decide about.
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