Maxioms by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
You write with ease, to show your breeding,
But easy writing's curst hard reading.
You write with ease, to show your breeding,
But easy writing's curst hard reading.
The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed
The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed
Nay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but speaks and kindles read more
Nay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but speaks and kindles some thought of love! Then, Jack, her cheeks! her cheeks, Jack! so deeply blushing at the insinuations of her tell-tale eyes! Then, Jack, her lips! O, Jack, lips smiling at their own discretion! and, if not smiling, more sweetly pouting -- more lovely in sullenness! Then, Jack, her neck! O, Jack, Jack!
An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says
A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--
read more
An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says
A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--
He's here! He's there! he's everywhere!
An me! he's nowhere!
Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of
the two!
Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of
the two!
