Essays on Social Subjects from the Saturday Review

Adam Bede Amaryllis amusement bad taste believe Braehead called casuistry character Charles Lamb charm cheerful child clever common sense constantly conversation course craving critical distinction Dr Johnson effect excitement experience expression eyes fact faculties fancy feeling friends gift give Grand Vizier grumblers habit hand happy human humour idea impatient influence intel intellectual interest labour ladies leisure letter-writing letters lived look Madame de Staël man's mean ment metaphor mind moral nature ness never notion observation ordinary Othello ourselves pathy penny post perhaps persons pleasure poet possessed question reader realise recognise refinement remorse respect rience scene seems similes simple simplicity Sir Walter Scott smile social society sort spect spirit style Sydney Smith sympathy talk tell temper things thought tion truth uncon vanity women wonder write young