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"Because well, because it wasn't the kind of a promise that makes the angels glad. I said I'd go on and do it, if I had to be a hypocrite all the rest of my life." "O Tom! would you have to be?" "That's the way it looks to me now. I told you the other day that I didn't know what I believed and what I didn't believe. But I do know some of the don'ts.
At the same time, every one of us must be careful not to ... to push the wrong buttons, as it were. "So here are a few don'ts. Don't get angry with Snookums. That would be as silly as getting sore at a phonograph because it was playing music you didn't happen to like. "Don't lie to Snookums. If your lies don't fit in with what he knows to be true and they won't, believe me he will reject the data.
The mighty, unruly child, who never could quite forgive the parent it defied, and never has been wholly pardoned, is to come back to the family table, if only long enough to settle the future manners of the nations about the board, put in, I suppose, a few "don'ts," like "don't grab"; "don't take a bigger mouthful than you can becomingly chew"; "don't jab your knife into your neighbor it is not for that purpose"; "don't eat out of your neighbor's plate you have one of your own," in fact "Thou shalt not even though thou art a Kaiser take the name of the Lord thy God in vain"; "thou shalt not steal"; "thou shalt not kill"; "thou shalt not covet," and so on.
It would be hard for the small boy to classify, under any ten commandments, the innumerable company of the "don'ts" which he hears from his mother during the course of a week. He can leave such work to the moralist. But he is receiving an education in the moral law, as an expression of the social will, through the whole seven days.
I've so many don'ts, you know, that it takes a note-book to keep track of them. And all of them together do me no good! Think of it I have to live on graham crackers and milk actually, not a thing has passed my lips for two years but graham crackers and milk." And then suddenly, with a start, it came to Montague where he had seen this wrinkled old face before.
Is it "Never do that" or "Better to do this?" Do you ever undertake to show the boy how much more of the thing he is after he can get out of a method that is all around helpful than one that is all around harmful. How would it do to substitute jointly planned "Do's" for unqualified "Don'ts"?
The cost of this novel method of showing property is met by an arrangement whereby seller and broker reward the picture house if the sale is consummated. When you actually begin to look at property, a few don'ts are in order if you would steer a fair course to the country home you have in mind. Don't expect any place to have all the requirements included in your mental picture.
When I think of all the things I have promised you, I can feel my hair turning white. Having polished me off on the don'ts, you aren't going to begin on the do's, are you?" "Indeed I am. Does Doctor Queerington really think you could be a writer?" "He has been after me about it ever since I was a youngster. I'm always scribbling at something, but there is nothing in it.
In selecting bedroom draperies, two "don'ts" must be strictly observed: don't use flowered drapery with a flowered wall, and don't buy heavy, unwashable hangings of woolen, damask, satin, or brocade, which not only are out of harmony with the whole idea of bedroom simplicity, but shut out air and sunlight, make the room seem stuffy, and collect and hold dust and odors.
In the gravy put a tumblerful of cream and a pinch of paprika, mix well and let it cook for ten minutes, until it gets thick, then strain and pour over the chicken and serve. The following "don'ts" are added to the recipe: Don't use frozen poultry. Don't substitute corn starch and milk for cream. Around Little Italy
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