Mr.Sapsea, in a grandiloquent state of absence of mind, seems to refill his visitor's glass, which is full already; and does really refill his own, which is empty.
'Miss Brobity's Being, young man, was deeply imbued with homage to Mind.
She revered Mind, when launched, or, as I say, precipitated, on an extensive knowledge of the world.

When I made my proposal, she did me the honour to be so overshadowed with a species of Awe, as to be able to articulate only the two words, "O Thou!" meaning myself.

Her limpid blue eyes were fixed upon me, her semi-transparent hands were clasped together, pallor overspread her aquiline features, and, though encouraged to proceed, she never did proceed a word further.

I disposed of the parallel establishment by private contract, and we became as nearly one as could be expected under the circumstances.

But she never could, and she never did, find a phrase satisfactory to her perhaps-too-favourable estimate of my intellect.