 The female world were very busy among themselves in bartering for features : one was trucking a lock of gray hairs for a carbuncle, another was making over a short waist for a pair of round shoulders, and a third cheapening a bad face for a lost reputation...  The British Essayists - 123. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1808Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Kate Forrest Oswell, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1912 - 618 oldal
...observation on every other misfortune or calamity, which every one in the assembly brought upon leo himself, in lieu of what he had parted with; whether it be that all the evils which befall us are in some measure suited and proportioned to our strength, or that every evil becomes more... | |
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1914 - 394 oldal
...shoulders; and a third cheapening a bad face for a lost reputation; but on all these occasions there was not one of them who did not think the new blemish,...parted with; whether it be that all the evils which befall us are in some measure suited and proportioned to our strength, or that every evil becomes more... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1921 - 506 oldal
...another was making over a short waist for a pair of round shoulders; but on all these occasions there was not one of them who did not think the new blemish,...possession, much more disagreeable than the old one. I must not omit my own particular adventure. My friend with the long visage had no sooner taken upon... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 466 oldal
...was making over a short waist for a pair of round shoulders ; but on all these occasions there was not one of them who did not think the new blemish,...possession, much more disagreeable than the old one. I looked upon him, I could not forbear laughing at myself, insomuch that I put my own face out of countenance.... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - 1806 - 402 oldal
...cheapening a bad face for u lost reputation : but on all these occasions, there was not one of ibesn who did not think the new blemish, as soon as she...possession, much more disagreeable than the old one. 19. 1 made the same observation on every other misfortune or calamity, which every one in the assembly... | |
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