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'Tonio discountenances custom; he keeps his house-front black and forbidding; he gives you a pretty bad dinner; he locks his door at the dining hour; but he knows spaghetti as the boarding-house knows cold veal; and he has deposited many dollars in a certain Banco di something with many gold vowels in the name on its windows. To this restaurant Mr. Brunelli conducted Katy.
Habits of industry and thrift, therefore, are not uniformly furthered by a prevailing pecuniary emulation. On the contrary, this kind of emulation indirectly discountenances participation in productive labour. Labour would unavoidably become dishonourable, as being an evidence indecorous under the ancient tradition handed down from an earlier cultural stage.
Europe after Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle A vast gambling establishment- -Charles excluded Possible chance in Poland Supposed to have gone thither 'Henry Goring's letter' Romantic adventures attributed to Charles Obvious blunders Talk of a marriage Count Bruhl's opinion- -Proposal to kidnap Charles To rob a priest The King of Poland's ideas Lord Hyndford on Frederick the Great Lord Hyndford's mare's nest Charles at Berlin 'Send him to Siberia' The theory contradicted Mischievous glee of Frederick Charles discountenances plots to kill Cumberland Father Myles Macdonnell to James London conspiracy Reported from Rome The Bloody Butcher Club Guesses of Sir Horace Mann Charles and a strike Charles reported to be very ill Really on the point of visiting England September 1750.
"There be many that say, Who will show us any good?" In this state of the popular mind, there is a general sentiment which discountenances penalties inflicted for mere opinion. The cry of toleration, "freedom of speech and of the press," resounds in the public ear among most communities since the dragon was cast down from the mystic heaven.
After his return, he commenced trading, and is now doing quite an extensive business. He has entirely broken off from his old habits of swearing and gambling, and discountenances them among the people. He attends religious worship constantly, and sets a worthy example in keeping the Sabbath day. He is also getting his ideas up on the subject of education.
It is an intelligent little monkey, and our girls were delighted with her; but I believe Barbara thinks me a corrupter of youth, for she discountenances us." "Ah! one of the last times I was alone with Giles, he said, smiling, 'That little girl in Bruton Street will be just what Mamma wants; and I know Emily has never ceased to want to get hold of the motherless thing ever since Mrs.
For it must never be forgotten that the exceptional character of the phenomena renders them conspicuous, the customary more consorted combinations failing to excite attention. Besides, there exists a reason for physical incongruity which does not hold psychically. Nature sanctions the one while she discountenances the other.
He forcibly and definitely discountenances the method which transfers it to the domain of religion. The question must be decided by the naturalists themselves according to the strict inductive method; that is, the solution must be based on well ascertained facts, without resorting to conclusions deduced from general principles.
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