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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.
lacks
I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement. Natasha Tsakos
lacking smaller
While Mardi Gras may be smaller this year, the pageantry is not going to be lacking in any way.
lacking political
What's lacking here is a sense of urgency, a political will to get these things done. Lee H. Hamilton
lack last night stop support
With the lack of support there last night to stop the A&P tax, I don't see the need to do anything further.
lack
You're going to have to speak up for yourself - and I learned that after always being, for lack of a better word, crapped on. Keke Palmer
lack women
I never wanted to be an actress who complained about the lack of roles for women. Kelly Rowan
lacking waiting
We're ready. I don't feel like we're lacking anything or waiting on anything. Tony Stewart
lack levels support term
With these levels of inventories, we probably need to replenish inventories to a level that will support a - for lack of a better term - 'normal' level of sales,
lack league major relief
We lack upper-level, left-handed relief depth. (Heredia) could be a Major League alternative for us this year. Mark Shapiro