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character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
emperor hugely
She's hugely powerful. She should really be the emperor herself. Polly Walker
emperor looking mark purpose sacred shops spend tea time
It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the low-class tea shops Ernest Bramah
emperor request
With the which request the emperor was not well pleased, and would not let me go any more for my country, but to bide in his land. Will Adams
emperor
But the Emperor has nothing at all on! Hans Christian Andersen
emperor sat section special
In Rome, the emperor sat in a special part of the Coliseum called the Caesarian Section George Carlin
emperor himself hung last tree
In 1644, the last Ming emperor ... he hung himself from a tree just over there. Mao Zedong
emperor 20th-century
That was Robert Aldrich. And that [Emperor Of The North] was one of the only times I actually got a part in a movie in the conventional way: The role was there, I auditioned, I auditioned again, and then I actually did a full-fledged screen test, which they shot on a soundstage on the lot at 20th Century Fox. They put up a set, and Robert Aldrich actually directed me in this screen test. Keith Carradine
impulsive methodical wants
He wants to have more impulsive activities. We are more methodical in how we do things. Richard Barrett
impulsive
We didn't go into this in an impulsive way.
impulsive hasty
On birthdays I avoid taking hasty or impulsive measures. Fidel Castro
impulsive areas
While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them. Neil Strauss