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" We must have a weak spot or two in a character before we can love it -much. People that do not laugh or cry, or take more of anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionary-words, are admirable subjects for biographies. But -we don't always... "
The professor at the breakfast table. Author's ed - Page 111
by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883
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The Professor at the Breakfast-table: With the Story of Iris

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1860 - 428 pages
...I take it, is the mob-law of the features, — and propriety the magistrate who reads the riot-act. She carried the brimming cup of her inestimable virtues...anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionarywords, are admirable subjects for biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat-pattern...
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The professor at the breakfast-table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1864 - 428 pages
...always on them, to see that they did not spill. Then she was an admirable judge of character. Her niind was a perfect laboratory of tests and reagents; every...anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionarywords, are admirable subjects for biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat-pattern...
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The Professor at the Breakfast-table: With the Story of Iris

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1866 - 428 pages
...adverbs,—grateful,—suppose we say,—yes,—grateful, dutiful, obedient to her wishes for the most part,—perhaps not quite up to the concert pitch of such a perfect...anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionarywords, are admirable subjects for biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat-pattern...
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The Literary World, Volume 8

1878 - 294 pages
...the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. Geo. Macdonald's "Marquis of Lcssie." — We must have a weak spot or two in a character before we can love it much. Dr. Holmes's " The Story of Iris" — Genuine love is the ripest, the most perfect fruit of Life. Mrs....
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Little Classics

Rossiter Johnson - 1879 - 498 pages
...grateful, dutiful, obedient to her wishes for the most part, — perhaps not quite up to the conceit pitch of such a perfect orchestra of the virtues....biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat -pattern flowers that press best in the herbarium. This immaculate woman,- — why could n't she...
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The 'breakfast table' series. The autocrat of the breakfast-table. The ...

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 630 pages
...which, I take it, is the mob-law of the features, and propriety the magistrate who reads the riot-act. She carried the brimming cup of her inestimable virtues...anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionary-words, are admirable subjects for biographies. But -we don't always care most for those...
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The Professor at the Breakfast-table: With the Story of Iris

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 426 pages
...I take it, is the mob-law of the features, — and propriety the magistrate who reads the riot-act She carried the brimming cup of her inestimable virtues...that do not laugh or cry, or take more of anything thac is good for them, or use anything but dictionarys, are admirable subjects for biographies. Bui...
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The 'breakfast table' series. The autocrat of the breakfast-table. The ...

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 640 pages
...to see that they did not spill. Then she was an admirable judge of character. Her mind was a pertect laboratory of tests and re-agents ; every syllable...anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionary-words, are admirable subjects for biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat-pattern...
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Notable Thoughts about Women: A Literary Mosaic

Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 448 pages
...2197 The maid who modestly conceals her beauties, while she hides, reveals. — Edward Moore. 2198 We must have a weak spot or two in a character before...biographies. But we don't always care most for those flat pattern flowers that press best in the herbarium. — Holmes. 2199 Women will sometimes confess...
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The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...

Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 pages
...in Scotland. We must have a weak spot or two in a character before we can love it much. People thai ,L ΂ ɒ 'ڮnR5 ^; 4 ~ )& l' ؁ = |x f 6 M! -6 3 v M ř dictionary-words, are admirable subjects for biographies. But we don't care most for those flat-pattern...
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