 ... from the fair, fixes and determines us. Friendship, on the contrary, is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity. How much wit, good nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities are required...  Gurney Married: A Sequel to Gilbert Burney - Seite 172von Theodore Edward Hook - 1839Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1838
...suddenly without giving warning, and our disposition or weakness favours the surprise : one glance, one look from the fair, fixes and determines us. Friendship,...to accomplish, in some years, what a lovely face or a fair hand does in a minute !" Fanny looked foolish — Wells was pleased, and Captain Cavendish Lorimer... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity. How much wit, good nature, indulgencies, how many good offices and civilities are required...to accomplish in some years, what a lovely face, or a fine hand does in a minute? — Bruyere. CCCCLXXXIV. Our chilling climate hardly bears A sprig of... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 Seiten
...slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity. How much wit, good nature, indulgencies, how many good offices and civilities are required...to accomplish in some years, what a lovely face, or a fine hand does in a minute' — Bruyere. CCCCLXXXIV. All human race would fain be wits, And millions... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1838 - 346 Seiten
...slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity. How much wit, good-nature, indulgencies ! how many good offices and civilities are required...most complacently. Mrs. Wells looked at me, as much to say, " Well, that's pretty plain;" and Sniggs, from a dark corner of the room, was reconnoitring... | |
 | 1856 - 374 Seiten
...forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity. How much wit, good nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities...to accomplish in some years, what a lovely face, or a fine hand does in a minute ? — Bruyere. CCCCLXXXIV. All human race would fain be wits, And millions... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 378 Seiten
...slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity. How much wit, good nature, indulgencies, how many good offices and civilities are required...to accomplish in some years, what a lovely face, or a fine hand does in a minute ? — Brut/ere. CCCCI.XXXIV. All human race would fain be wits, And millions... | |
 | 1873 - 46 Seiten
...tormmg ; tt is oi slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity. How much wit, good nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities,...to accomplish, in some years, what a lovely face or a fine hand does in a minute. — Bruyerc. A FRIEND is rare to be found that continueth faithful in... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 448 Seiten
...not may affect it, but not attain it. — Mme. de Lambert. "33 How much wit, good nature, indulgence, how many good offices and civilities, are required...to accomplish in some years what a lovely face or a fine hand does in a minute ! — Bruylre. 2136 There are no perfect women in the world ; only hypocrites... | |
 | Martha Louise Rayne - 1885 - 578 Seiten
...oh, what were man ? — a world without a sun. — Campbell. How much wit, good nature, indulgence, how many good offices and civilities, are required...to accomplish in some years what a lovely face or a fine hand does in a minute. — Bruyere. FORGIVENESS. Women do not often have it in their power to... | |
 | Jean de La Bruyère - 1885 - 548 Seiten
...through familiarity and long acquaintance. How much intelligence, kindness of heart and affection; how many good offices and civilities are required among friends to accomplish in several years what a lovely face or a fine and does in a minute. •\4.) Time, which strengthens friendship,... | |
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