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The Short Works of George Meredith

CHAPTER X
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She remembers Mr.Camwell's petition for the knotted silken string in her request that it shall be cut from her throat and given to him.' Mr.Beamish indulges in verses above the grave of Chloe.

They are of a character to cool emotion.

But when we find a man, who is commonly of the quickest susceptibility to ridicule as well as to what is befitting, careless of exposure, we may reflect on the truthfulness of feeling by which he is drawn to pass his own guard and come forth in his nakedness; something of the poet's tongue may breathe to us through his mortal stammering, even if we have to acknowledge that a quotation would scatter pathos.
ETEXT EDITOR'S BOOKMARKS: All flattery is at somebody's expense Be philosophical, but accept your personal dues But I leave it to you Distrust us, and it is a declaration of war Happiness in love is a match between ecstasy and compliance If I do not speak of payment Intellectual contempt of easy dupes Invite indecision to exhaust their scruples Is not one month of brightness as much as we can ask for?
No flattery for me at the expense of my sisters Nothing desirable will you have which is not coveted Primitive appetite for noise She might turn out good, if well guarded for a time The alternative is, a garter and the bedpost They miss their pleasure in pursuing it This mania of young people for pleasure, eternal pleasure Wits, which are ordinarily less productive than land THE HOUSE ON THE BEACH By George Meredith A REALISTIC TALE.


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