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That sots her down, an' she holds good enough to stay in till I ram the muzzle inter ha'r an' let go. She's the same as meat on the fire." "Well," laughed Banion, "you've another case of de gustibus, I suppose." "You're another, an' I call it back!" exclaimed the old man so truculently that his friend hastened to explain.
Several of their windows were broken and some had rags and paper stuffed into the broken panes, but Meg and Peg and Peter Piper would go and peep out of one, and Gustibus and Kilmanskeg would peep out of another, and Ridiklis could scarcely get her dishes washed and her potatoes pared because she could see the Castle kitchen from her scullery window. It was so exciting!
Its past and now invisible lives will influence its desires more powerfully than anything it may itself be able to add to the sum of its likes and dislikes; nevertheless, over and above preconceived opinion and the habits to which all are slaves, there is a small salary, or, as it were, agency commission, which each may have for himself, and spend according to his fancy; from this, indeed, income-tax must be deducted; still there remains a little margin of individual taste, and here, high up on this narrow, inaccessible ledge of our souls, from year to year a breed of not unprolific variations build where reason cannot reach them to despoil them; for de gustibus non est disputandum.
"Isn't it?" exclaimed Betty. "And he never told a word." "Well, The Don's not a publisher." "But then he told you." "Yes, he told me and Shock one night. He likes us, you see." "'De gustibus non disputandum," murmured Lloyd, and in answer to Betty's inquiring look added, "as the old woman said when she kissed her cow." "Now then, what about Shock's name?" continued Betty.
The catastrophe of every play is caused always by the folly or fault of a man; the redemption, if there be any, is by the wisdom and virtue of a woman, and failing that, there is none!" "For instance, Lady Macbeth, Ophelia, Regan, Goneril, and last, but not least, Petruchio's sweet and gentle Kate! De gustibus!" answered Mr. Murray. "Those are the exceptions, and of course you pounce upon them.
John Bull relishes stinking venison; a Frenchman depopulates whole swamps in quest of frogs; a Dutchman's pipe is never out of his mouth; a Russian will eat tallow-candles; and the American indulges in the cigar. "De gustibus non est disputandum." Our Western brother is in possession of a country replete with everything that can contribute to the happiness and comfort of mankind.
Some are lovers of the open, and cannot be too much in the sun; others lurk in deep woods, under the triple shadow of tree and bush and fern. Some take to sandy hill-tops; others must stand knee-deep in water. One insists upon the richest of meadow loam; another is content with the face of a rock. We may say of them as truly as of ourselves, De gustibus non est disputandum.
"Your cousin seems to be very fond of you," observed Louisa, as she upbraided her hair. "He is very impulsive and demonstrative, that is all." "How handsome he is!" "Do you think so, really? Take care, Louisa! I will tell him, and, by way of crushing his vanity, add 'de gustibus, etc., etc., etc." "How old is he?" "In his twentieth year."
When he talks about the mysterious "grand style," and tells us that Milton can never be affected, we murmur, "De gustibus!" and add mentally, "Though Milton is the greatest of affected writers, Milton is, after Comus at least, never anything else!"
Meg and Peg and Kilmanskeg and Ridiklis and Gustibus and Peter Piper and Lady Patsy were huddled up together looking out of one window. They could not bear to be parted. I sat on the arm of the big chair and ordered my Working Fairies to stand ready to obey me the instant I spoke.
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