 Do you know what Jacobus says, that " one cannot ask any person to meet another in one's own house without going through a sum of moral arithmetic.  The pity of it - Page 244by Jane Grace Smith - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1881 - 408 pages
...from the vulgar perversity of society, value you in exact proportion as you neglect them ?— Venctia. One cannot ask any person to meet another in one's...without going through a sum of moral arithmetic.—(' Neuchatel') Endymion. There are no fits of caprice so hasty and so violent as those of society. Society... | |
 | Jane Grace Smith - 1884 - 328 pages
...recollect your share in the story; but I don't think anyone would have the bad taste to speak of it—in any case, to those concerned ; and, as for the rest,...John, she is the living image of her mother.' As Lady Calderraan spoke, her eyes turned to Wiggles. The song was ended, and Lady Trixie was striking a few... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - English literature - 1904 - 440 pages
...the vulgar perversity of society, value you in exact proportion as you neglect them ? — Venetia. One cannot ask any person to meet another in one's...house, without going through a sum of moral arithmetic. — ('Neuchatel') Endymion. There are no fits of caprice so hasty and so violent as those of society.... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - Wit and humor - 1906 - 324 pages
...improves it. Both come to the same thing. The critic is a man who has failed in literature or in art. One cannot ask any person to meet another in one's...house without going through a sum of moral arithmetic. When a man falls into his anecdotage, it is a sign for him to retire. The gentleman was distinguished... | |
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