 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1823 - 288 стор.
...it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible. XLVII. MARRIAGE is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. XLVIII. THE freest possible scope should be given to all the opinions, discussions, and investigations... | |
 | 1843 - 488 стор.
...for it freezes the rain, which falling on the ground in the shape of snow, preserves the intérieur warmth of the earth, supplies sufficient moisture...Knowledge. Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimos better than the dinner. RAMBLKVGS IN WINTER.— No. I. There are a greater variety of travellers,... | |
 | 1855 - 532 стор.
...sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ' Quantum memoriae, tantum ingenii. ' Marriage is a feast, where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. ' Neglect would have restored Diogenes to common-sense and clean linen, since he would have had no... | |
 | 1856 - 570 стор.
...of his own eye, is directed by his Father, who is to give him the ground. , — Coiton. "VTAKRIAGE is a feast where the Grace is sometimes better than the Dinner. Rogers. ACROSS the threshold led, And every Tear kiss'd off as soon as shed, His house she enters,... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 стор.
...But time, that gives new whiteness to the swan, Improves their lustre. Fenton. I MARRIAGE -a Feast. Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. (Joltoii. MARRIAGE -seldom Happy. The reason why so few marriages are happy, is because young ladies... | |
 | 1866 - 578 стор.
...the mother. Little losses amaze, great ones tame. Arm*. What is time ? It is the life of the soul. Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power is a pageant; bnt knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment,... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1866 - 380 стор.
...and, after a short interval, we are glad to return. We go to see Italy,—not the Italians. MAEEIAGE is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. MATCHES, wherein one party is all passion, and the other all indifference, will assimilate about as... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1868 - 668 стор.
...period of his life. Caleb Colton, in that much-quoted but little-read book of his, Loam, tells us that "marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner;" and his view of the matter is confirmed by a score of writers, from Addison down to Sam Slick. The... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 стор.
...porrigit ora capistro. Juv. — He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial halter. " Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner." COLTON. See " Libero lecto? Stulti est compcdes licet aureas amare. — 'Tis folly to love fetters,... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1869 - 578 стор.
...24th, 1843. * * That miserable worldling, who was the author of the work called "Lacon," has said, "Marriage is a feast, where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner." And there can be no doubt that multitudes, perhaps (though I trust not) a majority of the married,... | |
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Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. 
