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Josephine used to say, when the boys were little, that she hoped one of them would be a clergyman, and I know that she has more sympathy than I and I have considerable with a scheme of life which entertains starving in a garret for the sake of art or science as a meritorious contingency.
He takes pride in the glory of his nation; he boasts of his success, to which he conceives himself to have contributed; and he rejoices in the general prosperity by which he profits. The feeling he entertains toward the state is analogous to that which unites him to his family, and it is by a kind of egotism that he interests himself in the welfare of his country.
As if he, the accomplished scholar, and entertaining gentleman, was nobody! and it was nothing that " "Well, what further?" "That he, carried away by those charms, that you have so long observed with indifference, should become deeply smitten with me." "What! Do you think he entertains a secret affection for you?"
"Though the events of this Year afford no hope that your Court still entertains a favorable disposition for my interests, I cannot persuade myself that a union which has lasted between us for sixteen years may not have left some trace in the mind. Perhaps I judge others by myself.
Before my establishment at Court I had met with hypocrisy of this sort in the world; and a man must, indeed, be reckless of expense who daily entertains at his board a score of insolent detractors. I have too much wit to be blind to the fact that I am not precisely in my proper place.
General Orders, No. 3. In view of the extraordinary conditions under which this Army is operating, the Commanding General desires to acquaint the officers and men composing it, with the expectations which he entertains as to their conduct. You are assembled upon foreign soil situated within the western confines of a vast ocean separating you from your native land.
My sentiments is of little consequences, I know, cried Miggs, with additional shrillness, 'for my positions is but a servant, and as sich, of humilities, still I gives expressions to my feelings, and places my reliances on them which entertains my own opinions!
JOHNSON. 'Were I a country gentleman, I should not be very hospitable, I should not have crowds in my house . BOSWELL. 'Sir Alexander Dick tells me, that he remembers having a thousand people in a year to dine at his house: that is, reckoning each person as one, each time that he dined there. JOHNSON. 'That, Sir, is about three a day. BOSWELL. 'How your statement lessens the idea. JOHNSON. 'That, Sir, is the good of counting . It brings every thing to a certainty, which before floated in the mind indefinitely. BOSWELL. 'But Omne ignotum pro magnifico est : one is sorry to have this diminished. JOHNSON. 'Sir, you should not allow yourself to be delighted with errour. BOSWELL. 'Three a day seem but few. JOHNSON. 'Nay, Sir, he who entertains three a day, does very liberally.
A moment later she saw the traveller plodding up the trail towards town. "What does that mean?" she inquired, as the lawyer re-entered. "Oh, that fellow is a tough, and Shortz wouldn't let him in. He's careful whom he entertains there are so many bad men roaming the hills." The German came in shortly to light the lamp, and, although she asked no further questions, Helen's uneasiness increased.
The old French word "hoquet," meaning a "crooked stick" has very much the same meaning as the word "croquet." Both are excellent outdoor sports that guests at a house party will find enjoyable and interesting. One hostess we know, who is a billiard enthusiast, has six tables in her "billiard room," as she calls it, where she entertains several guests almost every afternoon.
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