 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 էջ
...Anniversary I found this sentiment from George Eliot, assigned to the FOURTH OF JUNE: "Blessed is the woman who having nothing to say abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact." Although not unusually superstitious the query would intrude : "Art thou that woman ?" Yet a wordy... | |
 | George Eliot - 1879 - 252 էջ
...us a whole wing-flapping brood to soar and make twilight. Peace be with Lentulus, for he has left ns in peace. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to...us wordy evidence of the fact — from calling on ns to look through a heap of millet-seed in order to be sure that there is no pearl in it. V. A TOO... | |
 | 1969 - 420 էջ
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 | 1885 - 686 էջ
...FATHER RUSSELL, " To-day, cutting the leaves of George Eliot's latest book, I came upon the sentence ' Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.' This is my justification at present— «o, do nojt blame but bless me.... | |
 | George Eliot - 1887 - 546 էջ
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 | 1888 - 438 էջ
...please to say is worth saying." He would endorse the sentiment of George Eliot in Theophrastus Such : " Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact." Behind the word, as he holds, is the idea; behind the style is the subject-matter, and nothing is gained... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 էջ
...that he has wherewithal to pay. 5293 Lord Chesterfield : Letters to Tlis Son. Bath, Oct. 19, 1748. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. 5294 George Eliot : T1teophrastus Such. Ch. 6. No one would talk much in society if he only knew how... | |
 | Theodore Whitefield Hunt - 1890 - 304 էջ
...please to say is worth saying." He would endorse the sentiment of George Eliot in "Theophrastus Such": " Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact." Behind the word, as he holds, is the idea; behind the style is the subject-matter, and nothing is gained... | |
 | 1895 - 218 էջ
...He would be the man who had the most power and the fewest selfish wants. Felix Holt. ffourtb 2>ag. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains...giving us wordy evidence of the fact — from calling us to look through a heap of millet-seed in order to be sure there is no pearl in it. Theophrastus... | |
 | 1899 - 244 էջ
...their cares, and seem as uneasy without some fret as an old friar would be without his hair-girdle. BLESSED is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. GEORGE ELIOT. A father made no effort to save the infant Moses, but a mother's care hid him while concealment... | |
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Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. 
