 ... which these points depend. No men can have satisfactory relations with each other until they have agreed on certain ultimata of belief not to be disturbed in ordinary conversation, and unless they have sense enough to trace the secondary questions...  The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table - Page 12de Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 373 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1866
..."Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, " "is like playing on a harp ; there is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibrations, as in twanging them to bring out their music. " George Herbert «•ell puts it — " a civil guest Will no more talk all than eat all the feast.... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880
...have agreed on certain idtiniata of. -belief, not to be dis& *-fi It .1 £ y^'"»&L/i..uL,zyi turbed in ordinary conversation^ and unless they have sense...strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging them to brinsT'out their music. ^*sn-/v^ <*"*.!£ . Do you mean to say the pun-question is not clearly settled... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott, Anna Lydia Ward - 1884 - 699 pages
...the Bearcamp. T. TALA".— Talking is like playing on the harp; there le as much In laying tliu hands on the strings to stop their vibrations, as In twanging them to hring out their music. HOLMES.— The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, Chap. I. In general those who... | |
 | 1885
...may be spoiled by the intrusion of a single harsh note.** — Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. 35. " Talking is like playing on the harp: there is as much in laying the hand on the strings to slop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring out their music."— Autocrat of the Breakfast-... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1889 - 50 pages
...everybody says and nobody thinks ? THE PEOFESSOK AT THE BHEAKPAST-TAELE. 24. George William Curtis, 1824. Talking is like playing on the harp ; there is as...vibrations as in twanging them to bring out their music. THE AUTOCEAT OF THE BEEAKFAST-TAELE. 25. Charles C. Pinckney, 1766. A mellowing rigorist is always... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 701 pages
...Characteristics. No. 172. Talking is like playing on the harp; there is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibrations, as in twanging them to bring out their music. 5299 Holmes: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Ch. 1. Talking is one of the fine arts, — the noblest,... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones, Joseph Samuel Exell, Charles Neil - 1889
...time will let him. Life is short, and conversation apt to run to mere words. — UW Holmes. [10010] Talking is like playing on the harp ; there is as much in laymg the hand on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring out their music.... | |
 | Theodore Emanuel Schmauk - 1892 - 63 pages
...you to listen to one word from the master talker — the autocrat of the breakfast table. He says : Talking is like playing on the harp ; there is as...vibrations, as in twanging them to bring out their music. What a noisy and self-sufficient chorus congregates under the chandelier. Do you note my eye, that... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1893
...could have authorized Phryne to " peel " in the way she did ! What fine speeches are those two : " Non omnis moriar," and " I have taken all knowledge to...stop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring ^it their music. — Do you mean to say the pun-question is not clearly settled in your minds? Let... | |
 | 1897
...fiddles at prices ranging upward to 85000. But call or write for the boo)' Talking Is like piaytng on a harp; there Is as much In laying the hand on the strings to stop their vibrations, ta In twanging them to bring out the music. — NEW YORK PROFESSIONAL CARDS. MB. TOM K > RL, VOCAL... | |
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