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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.
plays puck results start
We want to play them in their end and always have the puck and start making plays in their zone. When we're successful, we get results like this. Patrick Marleau
plays season trying
When it comes down to it, everyone is just trying to get their plays and get to the season healthy. I don't think it'll be anything too crazy. Wayne Chrebet
plays run
We're going to run some decoys for him. We're not going to run plays for him. Chauncey Billups
plays
Vaughan now plays more on the crease than he did, David Gower
plays
Make one or two more plays than they do. Karl Dorrell
plays youngest
I'm the youngest of three sisters. We were always performing plays for each other.
plays
Oh, come off it, I've only directed three plays for the RSC. Edward Hall
plays ready touched worried
We had backups ready to go. We charted his plays to see how many times he touched the ball, worried about overusing him. Jeff Banks
plays shady
Shady in Latin, said Lindsay, but topping in Plays and Aldrich. Arthur Clough