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Page 247 - I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong.
Page 64 - It is easier to be a lover than a husband, for the same reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day, than to say bright things from time to time.
Page 87 - ... will realise the soul force in the heart of love. Talent in love consists in combining the power of imagination with that of execution. Lasting love is what keeps the forces of two beings in equilibrium. The duration of the attachment of the two souls increases In proportion to their resistance to obstacles which society chances to put in the way of their happiness. It has given rise to romances. The ancient poets knew well how to put a mythological touch to ancient tradition on the marriage...
Page 66 - Avoid all kinds of pleasantry and facetiousness in thy discourse with her, and do whatever lies in thy power, at the same time, to keep from her all books and writings which tend thereto ; there are some devotional tracts, which if thou canst entice her to read over, — it will be well ; — but suffer her not to look into Rabelais, or Scarron, or Don Quixote. They are all books which excite laughter ; and thou 66 knowest, dear Toby, that there is no passion so serious as lust.
Page 67 - ... continues still kicking, which there is great reason to suppose, — thou must begin, with first losing a few ounces of blood below the ears, according to the practice of the ancient Scythians, who cured the most intemperate fits of the appetite by that means. 'Avicenna, after this, is for having the part anointed with the syrup of hellebore, using proper evacuations and purges ; — and I believe rightly. — But thou must eat little or no...
Page 310 - Arts, the particular genius to whom we owe it is not known ; but it is certain that about the middle of the last century the ' vapours,' or an ' attack of spleen,' began to be quite a common thing in France.
Page 18 - Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands.
Page 61 - Most men who get married have only hi view reproduction, propriety, or what is due to the child ; yet neither reproduction, propriety, nor the child constitute happiness. ' Crescite et multiplicamini ' does not imply love. To ask a girl whom one has seen fourteen times in a fortnight for her love on behalf of the law, the king and justice, is an absurdity only worthy of the fore-ordained ! Love is the union of desire and tenderness, and happiness in marriage comes from a perfect understanding between...
Page 66 - ... wig before her thro' absence of mind, she should be able to discover how much has been cut away by Time, — how much by Trim. Twere better to keep ideas of baldness out of her fancy. Always carry it in thy mind, and act upon it as a sure maxim, Toby, ' That women are timid ; ' and 'tis well they are, — else there would be no dealing with them. Let not thy breeches be too tight, nor hang too loose about thy thighs, like the trunk-hose of our ancestor!
Page 17 - ... Barabbas of the Passion; all the old ideas that it arouses have been tossed hither and thither in literature since the world has been a world, and there are no valuable opinions or absurd projects which have not gone about in search of an author, a printer, a publisher, and a reader. Allow me to say to you, in the words of Rabelais, the master of us all: "Good people, God save you and protect you! Where are you? I cannot see you. Wait till I put on my spectacles. Ah! now I see you. Are you and...