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The last is certainly the most teachable; and if fleas were generally domesticated and made pets of, probably there would be as many stories about their marvellous intelligence and fidelity to man as we now hear about our over-praised "friend" the dog. With regard to size, the flea probably started on its downward course as a comparatively large insect, probably larger than the Ornithomyia.
"She is small too, a child rather than a maiden; but the graceful, gladsome creature takes my fancy. And the governor's son what is his name?" "Orion, Sir," replied the guide. "And by my beard," said the old man smiling. "You have not over-praised him, man! Such a youth as this Orion is not to be seen every day. What a tall fellow, and how becoming are those brown curls.
But one must not condemn a thing because it has been over-praised. Maltby's 'Ariel' was a delicate, brilliant work; and Braxton's 'Faun, crude though it was in many ways, had yet a genuine power and beauty. This is not a mere impression remembered from early youth. It is the reasoned and seasoned judgment of middle age.
The idea of his dancing with a woman of that description! We will go away tomorrow. This place has been greatly over-praised. 'The place is well enough, as far as I can see. 'He is carrying out his programme to the letter. He plunges into excitement in the most reckless manner, and I tremble for the consequences!
When he showed us scenery he loved, it made him melancholy to have us speak of scenery elsewhere that was finer. And yet there was this delicacy about him, that he never over-praised what he brought us to see, any more than one would over-praise a friend of whom he was fond.
Though our English admirers may not believe it, we see our own faults more clearly than we once did thanks, partly, to the faithful castigations of our friends and we sometimes find it difficult to conceal our blushes when we are over-praised.
He did not doubt, therefore, but that in Scotland, which he knew by report to be a country exceptionally given over to terrible superstitions, the people still thought their sanguinary Calvinistic deity, fashioned by a race of stern John Knoxes in their own image, would do some harm to an over-praised child, "to wean them from it."
I mention this now, because she has been so over-praised by one party, and so over-abused by another, that it is hardly possible to understand the greater part of her reign without first understanding what kind of woman she really was.
And touching his beauty, his valour, his modesty,” the young man’s eyes shone with loyal enthusiasm, “do not say ‘over-praised’ till you have seen him.” Simonides swelled with delight. “Oh, lucky genius that cast me with you! Take me to him this moment.” “He is so beset with admirers, his trainers are angry already; besides, he is still at the wrestling ground.”
Your pages are most kind and complimentary, I am sure, Lycinus. No one would have so over-praised me who had not felt kindly towards me. But if you would know my real feeling, here it is. I never do much like the complaisant; they always strike me as insincere and wanting in frankness.
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