| 1839 - 606 Seiten
...Once begin upon this downward path, you never know where you are to stop. Many a man has dated bis ruin from some murder or other, that perhaps he thought little of at the tun«.' We have next a portrait of an Ultradelicate, who belonged to the club ; a person of a gloomy,... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 280 Seiten
...robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.y Once begin upon this downward path, you never know...perhaps he thought little of at the time. Principiis olsta — that's my rule.' Such was my speech, and I have always acted up to it ; so if that is not... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 404 Seiten
...comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once...obsta — that's my rule." Such was my speech, and I hav« always acted up to it; so, if that is not being virtuous, I should be glad to know what is. But... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 380 Seiten
...will have nothing to do with it. Never tell me of any special work of art you^are meditating — I set my face against it in toto. For, if once a man indulges...perhaps he thought little of at the time. Principiis dbsta — that's my rule." Such was my speech, and I have always acted up to it ; so, if that is not... | |
| George Sewall Boutwell - 1867 - 636 Seiten
...practised and discussed as one of the fine arts thus advises a young man who offers himself as a servant: " For, if once a man indulges himself in murder, very...other that perhaps he thought little of at the time." We need in the North large majorities, in order that we may control at once this spirit of disunion,... | |
| Shadworth Hollway Hodgson - 1870 - 586 Seiten
...considered as one of the Fine Arts" is a magnificent piece of humour in this vein. For instance, " Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or...other that perhaps he thought little of at the time." What can be more subtil; and at the same time what can show more clearly the power of abstraction which... | |
| Shadworth Hollway Hodgson - 1870 - 592 Seiten
...considered as one of the Fine Arts" is a magnificent piece of humour in this vein. For instance, " Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or...other that perhaps he thought little of at the time." What can be more subtil ; and at the same time what can show more clearly the power of abstraction... | |
| Shadworth Hollway Hodgson - 1870 - 588 Seiten
...considered as one of the Fine Arts" is a magnificent piece of humour in this vein. For instance, " Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or...other that perhaps he thought little of at the time." What can be more subtil ; and at the same time what can show more clearly the power of abstraction... | |
| 1874 - 378 Seiten
...comes to think little of robbing ; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once...at the time. Principiis obsta— - that's my rule." A JOKE OF DR. GOODALL'S. Captain Gronow, speaking of Dr. Goodall, says — This gentleman was proverbially... | |
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