Sir Arthur Bouverie: A Novel, Bind 1

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Side 191 - To spend too much time in studies, is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar: they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience...
Side 191 - Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. . . . To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgement wholly by their rules, is the...
Side 337 - Quand on croit hâter sa vengeance. La politesse est à l'esprit Ce que la grâce est au visage : De la bonté du cœur elle est la douce image ; Et c'est la bonté qu'on chérit. Le premier des plaisirs et la plus belle gloire, C'est de prodiguer les bienfaits : Si vous en répandez, perdez-en la mémoire; Si vous en recevez, publiez-le à jamais. La dispute est souvent funeste autant que vaine; A ces combats d'esprit craignez de vous livrer.
Side 65 - La jeunesse est une ivresse continuelle: c'est la fievre de la raison.« Es ist anzunehmen, daß Goethe die Stelle längst vor seinem Zuspruch im »Divan« gekannt hat: Trunken müssen wir alle sein! Jugend ist Trunkenheit ohne Wein. Zwei Fassungen. Warum betrinkt man sich so oft im Leben? Besser wärs, gar nicht erst nüchtern geworden zu sein. Um Mitternacht ein paar...
Side 64 - Amy watched the receding vehicle until it was out of sight, and the last cloud of dust it occasioned on the high road faded away ; then hastening to Mr.
Side 103 - It is not true, it is not true, he cannot love me knowing me for what I am — this must be some cruel jest — he cannot love me.
Side 105 - Amy ; you may be left to yourself — comparatively, at least — in the new sphere of life to which you are about to remove.

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