 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 trang
...prophecy happiness to others. This I found by much the better way : folks will always listen when the tale is their own ; and of many who say they do not believe...little squabbles are easily gleaned among servants nnd neighbours ; and indeed people themselves are the best intelligencers in the world for our purpose... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 trang
...prophecy happiness to others. This I found by much the better way : folks will always listen when the tale is their own ; and of many who say they do not believe...on whom it had not a very sensible effect. I pick «p the names of their acquaintance ; amours and little squabbles are easily gleaned among servants... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 trang
...as much generosity if he were a rich man. — Pope. DCCLXXt. Folks will always listen when the tele is their own; and of many who say they do not believe...few on whom it had not a very sensible effect.— Mackenzie. DCCLXXlL Of all tempers it requires least pain, Could we but rule ourselves, to rule the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 trang
...listen when the tale is their own; and of m ¡my who вау they do not believe in fortnno-telling. in the centre of a crowd ; and wherever pleasure is to be sold, am a tu« names of their acquaintance. ; amours and little squabbles are easily gleaned among servants and... | |
 | 1836 - 332 trang
...prophesy happiness to others. This I found by much the better way. Folks will always listen when the tale is their own ; and of many who say they do not believe in fortune telling, I have known few on whom it had not a very sensible effect. I pick up the names of... | |
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1843 - 856 trang
...CHIROMANCY. Folks will always listen when the tale is their own; and of many who say they do not beliere in fortune-telling, I have known few on whom it had not a very sensible effect. HENRY MACKENZIE. "SucH," said Titian, "is my story. It is one of common life—a struggle for distinction,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 trang
...better way : folks will always listen when the tale u their own ; and x>f many who say they do cot specious grin ; Freedom I love, and fo amour« and little squabbles are easily gleaned among servants and neighbours; and indeed people themselves... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 trang
...happiness to others. This I found Ь> much the better way : folks will always listen when the tale d to the yoke. What foreign arras could never quell, v. V.tu it had not a very sensible effect. I pick up the i ames of their acquaintance ; amours ami... | |
 | James Robinson Newhall - 1845 - 86 trang
...fears beget a confidence. Says Mackenzie, "Of many who say they do not believe in fortune telling, I have known few on whom it had not a very sensible effect." How many a sturdy mariner goes stealthily to consult the crone, before embarking upon the treacherous... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1847 - 534 trang
...prophesy happiness to others. This I found by much the better way : folks will always listen when the tale is their own ; and of many who say they do not believe...little squabbles are easily gleaned among servants and neighbors ; and indeed people themselves are the best intelligencers in the world for our purpose :... | |
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... to have their money placed to account there ; so I changed my plan, and, instead of telling my own misfortunes, began to prophesy happiness to others. This I found by much the better way : folks will always listen when the tale is their own, and of... 
