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country easy walks
It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something. Charles Dickens
country men climate
In all countries where nature does the most, man does the least. Charles Caleb Colton
country travel home
Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds. Charles Caleb Colton
country sadness men
In great cities men are more callous both to the happiness and the misery of others, than in the country; for they are constantly in the habit of seeing both extremes. Charles Caleb Colton
country heart simple
As the grand discordant harmony of the celestial bodies may be explained by the simple principles of gravity and impulse, so also in that more wonderful and complicated microcosm, the heart of man, all the phenomena of morals are perhaps resolvable into one single principle, the pursuit of apparent good; for although customs universally vary, yet man in all climates and countries is essentially the same. Charles Caleb Colton
country self names
The most notorious swindler has not assumed so many names as self-love, nor is so much ashamed of his own. She calls herself patriotism, when at the same time she is rejoicing at just as much calamity to her native country as will introduce herself into power, and expel her rivals. Charles Caleb Colton
country mean hands
Old Marley was as dead as a doornail. Mind! I don't mean to say that, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a doornail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a doornail. Charles Dickens
country night men
If its individual citizens, to a man, are to be believed, it always is depressed, and always is stagnated, and always is at an alarming crisis, and never was otherwise; though as a body, they are ready to make oath upon the Evangelists, at any hour of the day or night, that it is the most thriving and prosperous of all countries on the habitable globe. Charles Dickens
country character men
Rattle me out of bed early, set me going, give me as short a time as you like to bolt my meals in, and keep me at it. Keep me always at it, and I'll keep you always at it, you keep somebody else always at it. There you are with the Whole Duty of Man in a commercial country. Charles Dickens
ironic indifferent hesitation
You who are on the inside, don't condemn my lack of faith too quickly; you who are on the outside, don't be too quick to mock my overcredulity; you who are indifferent, don't be too quick to wax ironic about my perpetual hesitations. Bruno Latour
ironic weapons murder
One of the most difficult and ironic murder weapons is the life jacket. Demetri Martin
ironic attention wonder
It was ironic how love could awaken them to the wonders of the universe, while at the same time confine their attention to one another. Alexandra Adornetto
ironic everyday flippant
Knee-Jerk Irony: The tendency to make flippant ironic comments as a reflexive matter of course in everyday conversation. Douglas Coupland
ironic
He's always been excruciatingly careful, which is ironic in his situation. Paul Wolfowitz
ironic last luck might win
I got some luck in the last frame, which I thought was ironic because I thought I might win then. Graeme Dott
ironic
The univers is statistically more likely to be ironic than not, Orson Scott Card
ironic court statutes
It's highly ironic that it was the conservatives on the court who overturned so many statutes. Jonathan Turley
ironic irony underestimate
Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable. Henry James
abundance extreme opening
We're just opening them in an extreme abundance of caution. Dave Byron
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We're excited that Jiminy Peak will be participating in this great event. It is well known that this area has an abundance of talented skiers and snowboarders and we're thrilled that this event will allow them to showcase their skills while benefiting a tremendous cause. Christy Martin
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When I consider how little of a rarity children are / that every street and blind alley swarms with them / that the poorest people commonly have them in most abundance / that there are few marriages that are not blest with at least one of these bargains / how often they turn out ill, and defeat the fond hopes of their parents, taking to vicious courses, which end in poverty, disgrace, the gallows, etc. / I cannot for my life tell what cause for pride there can possibly be in having them. Charles Lamb
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We're anticipating things going smoothly this year, but out of an abundance of caution we're making sure the vaccine goes to the higher risk people first, Robert Marshall
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We have quite an abundance of clothing right now, but we always need furniture. Claudia Tremaine
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We have placed four employees on administrative leave in an abundance of caution until we can gather the facts ourselves and determine if additional action is warranted. Robby Cunningham
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Last year, with the great abundance of rain, we had a lot of runoff into the ocean and that caused a lot of problems with wildlife populations. Brian Collins
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Senate Bill 7 brought about some really good changes, where you were only appointed to cases for which you were qualified. But then what we saw was that an abundance of appeals were going to the same one or two people that the judges liked for some reason, or whatever, and some defendants were falling through the cracks. Cost-effectiveness was an issue, but my big concern was that due process be provided for these defendants. Angela Moore
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The state of Alabama is serious about economic development, and we have shown that the Mobile region has a skilled workforce that is developing every day, strong infrastructure, and an abundance of natural resources. Bradley Byrne