Cultivate not only the corn-fields of 284 285 the mind, but the pleasure-grounds also,' •was a motto of Dr. Whately's. This cultivation was often a labor rather than a luxury. His hilarity was not always the result of happiness. ' Gay spirits,' he once... The Life of Charles Lever - 67. oldalszerző: William John Fitz-Patrick - 1879Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Richard Whately - 1856 - 462 oldal
...trials from which you are exempt, show it by your way of sustaining those to which you are subjected. Gay Spirits are always spoken of as a sign of happiness,...through his tail; and a hot floor makes Bruin dance. Happiness is no laughing matter. Disgust, contempt, and laughter are nearly akin; he who enjoys nothing... | |
| 1864 - 444 oldal
...than a luxury. His hilarity was not always the result of happiness. 'Gay spirits,' he once said, 'arc always spoken of as a sign of happiness, though every one knows to the contrary. Л cockchafer is never so lively as when a pin is stuck through his tail; and a hot floor makes Bruin... | |
| Richard Whately - 1865 - 432 oldal
...language is the vehicle for the matter ; in poetry, the matter is the vehicle for the language. 7. Gay spirits are always spoken of as a sign of happiness, though everyone knows to the contrary. 8. A cockchafer is never so lively as when a pin is stuck through his... | |
| Richard Whately - 1865 - 438 oldal
...language is the vehicle for the matter ; in poetry, the matter is the vehicle for the language. 7. Gay spirits are always spoken of as a sign of happiness, though everyone knows to the contrary. 8. A cockchafer is never so lively as when a pin is stuck through his... | |
| 1864 - 408 oldal
...rather than a luxury. His hilarity was not always the result of happiness. ' Gay spirits,' he once said, 'are always spoken of as a sign of happiness, though...through his tail ; and a hot floor makes Bruin dance.' " But the Archbishop sometimes caught a tartar, as the following shows: " The head-master of one of... | |
| 1877 - 688 oldal
...Frolic,' we cannot help recalling to mind the words of Archbishop Whately, who wrote : ' Gay spirits are spoken of as a sign of happiness, though every one...through his tail, and a hot floor makes Bruin dance.' The following epigram has, indeed, a mixture of mirth and sadness in it, and is typical of that clever... | |
| Young men's Catholic assoc - 1873 - 302 oldal
...Church persecution ate into his heart and shortened his life ; for — to use his own illustration — " A cock-chafer is never so lively as when a pin is...through his tail, and a hot floor makes Bruin dance." But a more pleasing task is before me. I shall no longer speak of clergymen who have sullied their... | |
| William John Fitz-Patrick - 1885 - 432 oldal
...feeling with a certain archiepiscopal thinker, that gay spirits are not always a sign of happiness. ' A cockchafer is never so lively as when a pin is stuck...through his tail ; and a hot floor makes Bruin dance.' Tralee — the scene of one of Fr. Tom's humorous songs — accorded him a cordial welcome. He preached... | |
| Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1889 - 358 oldal
...Thus, as he once remarked, " Gay spirits are always spoken of as a sign of happiness, though everyone knows to the contrary. A cockchafer is never so lively...through his tail, and a hot floor makes Bruin dance." And so, as we are told, it was with the Archbishop, for when ne seemed most exuberant with his humour... | |
| Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1889 - 358 oldal
...than a luxury, for his hilarity was not always the result of happiness. Thus, as he once remarked, " Gay spirits are always spoken of as a sign of happiness, though everyone knows to the contrary. A cockchafer is never so lively as when a pin is stuck through his... | |
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