 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 strani
...judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death. The reason why so few marriages are happy, is, because...spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. •• • , . If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 strani
...of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off oar feet when we want shoes. The reason why so few marriages are happy, is because...spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 438 strani
...judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death. The reason why so few marriages are happy, is, because...ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cafes. If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I be>lieve he will find the merriest countenances... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 558 strani
...judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death. The reason why so few marriages are happy, is, because...spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances iu... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 strani
...judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death. The reason why so few marriages are happy, is because...spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 strani
...particular care, will be interpreted by him as an overture of friendship and intimacy. — AdDCCCLIV. The reason why so few marriages are happy, is because...spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. — Swift. DCCCLV. There are few men so accomplished, or so necessary, but have some failings or other,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 strani
...particular care, will be interpreted by him as an overture of friendship and intimacy. — Addison. DCCCLIV. The reason why so few marriages are happy, is because...spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. — Surift. DCCCLV. There are few men so accomplished, or so necessary, but have some failings or other,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 438 strani
...attention this curious and wonderful network of veins, must be transported with admiration. liluckmore. The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making neti, not in making cages. Swift. The vegetative tribes, Wrapt in a filmy net, and clad with leaves.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 809 strani
...every fragrant flower, and odorous green, Were sorted well, with lumps of amber laid between. Dryden. эk ` 4 Mq Bf[V - p ̽ T J ill making neu, not in making cages. Swift. A man recurs to our fancy, by remembering his garment ;... | |
 | Woman - 1835 - 758 strani
...chiefest sources of human misery. " The reason why so few marriages are happy," observes that writer, " is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, — not in making cages." Another elegant writer has likewise said ; " The finished coquette belongs to a set among women, of... | |
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The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. 
