| Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 ÆäÀÌÁö
...so do I. Charity's a private concern, and what I give is nothing to nobody." — Hood. GOOD ACTIONS. The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action...by stealth, and to have it found out by accident. • — Charles Lamb. RETIRING TO THE COUNTRY. Very few men who have gratified, and are gratifying... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 ÆäÀÌÁö
...so do I. Charity's a private concern, and what I give is nothing to nobody." — Hood. GOOD ACTIONS. The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action...by stealth, and to have it found out by accident. • — Charles Lamb. RETIRING TO THE COUNTRY. Very few men who have gratified, and are gratifying... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 ÆäÀÌÁö
...tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age. — Colton. PLEASURE, THE HIGHEST. — The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and have it found out by accident. — Lamb. PLEASURE, THE MAN OF. — The man of pleasure should more... | |
| 1863 - 844 ÆäÀÌÁö
...of vinegar ; why the sour mango and the sweet jam by turns court and are accepted by the compilable muttonhash, — she not yet decidedly declaring for...by stealth and to have it found out by accident." •• 'T is unpleasant to meet a beggar. It is painful to deny him ; and if you relieve him, it is... | |
| William Evans Burton - 1858 - 586 ÆäÀÌÁö
...were none of the cleanest, " Martin, if dirt was trumps, what a hand you'd have." GOOD ACTIONS. — The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action...by stealth, and to have it found out by accident. PATINO FOR THINGS. — One cannot bear to pay for articles he used to get for nothing. When Adam laid... | |
| William Evans Burton - 1864 - 552 ÆäÀÌÁö
...were none of the cleanest, " Martin, if dirt was trumps, what a hand you'd have." GOOD ACTIONS.—The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident. PAYING FOR THINGS.—One cannot bear to pay for articles he used to get for nothing. When Adam laid... | |
| 1853 - 322 ÆäÀÌÁö
...the end of the year they will be enabled to see their own and (if need be) the Pilgrim's Progress." The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and have it found out by accident. — LAMB. That writer does the best who gives his reader the most knowledge... | |
| 1871 - 784 ÆäÀÌÁö
...bonnet and shawl, and went with Susanna, half stupefied, to the Kroner strasse. (To be Continued.) The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident. — Lamb. THE MONEY OF THE BIBLE. BY REV. JH DUBBS. Tlie Money of the... | |
| Addison Peale Russell - 1875 - 416 ÆäÀÌÁö
...our good lord, the duke, it would have been a pity.' " " The greatest pleasure I know," said Lamb, " is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident." IV. STANDARDS. AT a glance, it would appear that as a rule all men think all men imperfect but themselves.... | |
| Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 ÆäÀÌÁö
...may not I tell you my friend's name and address? Charles Lamb said the greatest pleasure he knew was to do a good action by stealth and to have it found out by accident. I think my friend knows a greater pleasure — he is quite satisfied to do a kindness, and then to... | |
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