 | Mary Ann Evans - 1866 - 352 pages
...yes," said Felix, contemptuously. " And she reads Byron also, and admires Childe Harold—gentlemen of unspeakable woes, who employ a hairdresser, and...would have done with fine-lady wives and daughters." " O there is no danger of such misalliances," said Esther. " Men .who axe unpleasant companions and... | |
 | George Eliot - 1867 - 446 pages
...yes," said Felix, contemptuously. " And she reads Byron also, and admires Childe Harold — gentlemen of unspeakable woes, who employ a hairdresser, and...would have done with fine-lady wives and daughters." " O there is no danger of such misalliances," said Esther. "Men who are unpleasant companions and make... | |
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1868 - 548 pages
...yes," said Felix, contemptuously. " And she reads Byron also, and admires Childe Harold — gentlemen of unspeakable woes, who employ a hairdresser, and...would have done with fine-lady wives and daughters." " O there is no danger of such misalliances," said Esther. "Men who are unpleasant companions and make... | |
 | George Eliot, Alexander Main - Aphorisms and apothegms in literature - 1873 - 444 pages
...dreams guiding men have their truth : we are saved by making the future present to ourselves. — o — A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small...as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest. I '11 never marry, though I should have to live on raw turnips to subdue my flesh. I '11 never look... | |
 | George Eliot - 1875 - 460 pages
...dreams guiding men have their truth : we are saved by making the future present to ourselves. — o— A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small...as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest. — o — I '11 never marry, though I should have to live on raw turnips to subdue my flesh. I '11... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - English language - 1881 - 324 pages
...thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand." * " A fine lady is a squirrel -headed thing, with small airs and small notions about as...as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest." 6 In these instances, there is little room for difference of opinion. I Whately: Rhetoric, part iii.... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Women - 1882 - 448 pages
...their conduct, since appearances often injure them as much as faults. — Abbt Girard. 1646 1644 1647 A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small...as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest. — George Eliot. 1648 How sweet is the prayer of the virgin heart to its love ! Thy virtue won me... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1885 - 368 pages
...his heart.' 'Canst them minister unto a mind diseased — Pluck from the heart a rooted sorrow ? ' A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small...as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest. — George Eliot. What point and force does Macaulay give to his plea for thorough study by the use... | |
 | George Eliot - 1885 - 404 pages
...they're immortal children — always lisping, waddling, helpless, and with a chance of turning out good.1 A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small...of life as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest.1 I can't bear to see you going the way of the foolish women who spoil men's lives. Men can't... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1885 - 364 pages
...to his heart.' 'Canst thou minister unto a mind diseased — Pluck from the heart a rooted sorrow?' A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small...of life as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest.—George Eliot. What point and force does Macaulay give to his plea for thorough study by the... | |
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A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small airs, and small notions, about as applicable to the business of life as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest. 
