A finished gentleman from top to toe. |
A lady of a `certain age', which means / Certainly aged. |
A light broke in upon my brain, - / It was the carol of a bird; / It ceased, and then it came again, / The sweetest song ear ever heard. |
A little still she strove, and much repented, and whispering, "I will ne'er consent" - consented |
A man must serve his time to every trade / Save censure - critics all are ready made. / Take hackneyed jokes from Miller, got by rote,/ With just enough of learning to misquote. |
A man must serve his time to every trade: Save Censure- Critics all are ready made |
A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress. |
A mind at peace with all below, / A heart whose love is innocent! |
A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends. |
A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; An hour may lay it in the dust |
A tigress robb'd of young, a lioness, Or any interesting beast of prey, Are similes at hand for the distress Of ladies who cannot have their own way |
A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands. |
A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover - but will sooner or later find a tyrant. |
Absence - that common cure of love. |
Adieu, adieu! my native shore / Fades o'er the waters blue. |