Essays on Social Subjects: From the Saturday ReviewW. Blackwood and Sons, 1865 - Conduct of life |
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acquaintances action Adam Bede affections agreeable amused belongs called character Charles Lamb charm choice circumstances cold coloured blossoms conscious constancy constancy worth contempt course despise doubt Dr Johnson dread dull dulness duty expression eyes fact false shame fancy feeling folly fool foolish freemasonry friends friendship give Gothic architecture habit heart hugger-mugger idea ignorance impertinence implies impulse indulge influence instinct intellect intercourse interest judgment less live means ment Millbank Prison mind mistakes moral motives never notion occasion opinion ourselves pain passionate emotion perhaps persons pleasure prejudices purest feeling qualities realise reason recognised say disagreeable things scenes selfish sense sensitiveness shirk shuffling sort Sir Walter Scott social society solecism sort spirit stancy stand supposed sympathy talk taste temper thought tion tism touch truth turn unconscious universal horror vanity weak wise words