 ... with their faults, he has the greatest tenderness for their persons. He told me the other day, he hated to hear people whine about metaphysical distresses, when there was so much want and hunger in the world. I told him I supposed then he never wept...  Hannah More - Page 62by Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1888 - 227 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1834 - 424 pages
...patieucc with their faults, he luis the greatest tenderness for their persons. He told me the other day he hated to hear people whine about metaphysical distresses, when there was so much waut and hunger in the world. I told him I supposed that he never wept at any tragedy but Jane Share,... | |
 | Hannah More - Authors, English - 1834 - 488 pages
...patience with their faults, he has the greatest tenderness for their persons. He told me the other day he hated to hear people whine about metaphysical distresses,...when there was so much want and hunger in the world. J told him 1 supposed then he never wept at any tragedy but Jane Shore, who had died for want of a... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 366 pages
...patience for their faults, he has the greatest tenderness for their persons. He told me, the other day, he hated to hear people whine about metaphysical distresses,...then, he never wept at any tragedy but Jane Shore, who died for want of a loaf. He called me saucy girl, but did not deny the inference. (1782.) 467. Abstinence... | |
 | William Roberts - Authors, English - 1835 - 496 pages
...patience with their faults, he has the greatest tenderness for their persons. He told me the other day he hated to hear people whine about metaphysical distresses,...was so much want and hunger in the world. I told him 1 supposed then he never wept at any tragedy but Jane Shore, who had died for want of a loaf. He called... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pages
...patience for their faults, he has the greatest tenderness for their persons. He told me, the other day, he hated to hear people whine about metaphysical distresses,...then, he never wept at any tragedy but Jane Shore, who died for want of a loaf. He called me saucy girl, but did not deny the inference. (1782.) 467. Abstinence... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1842 - 544 pages
...patience for their faults, he has the greatest tenderness for their persons. He told me, the other day, he hated to hear people whine about metaphysical distresses,...then, he never wept at any tragedy but Jane Shore, who died for want of a loaf. He called me a saucy girl, but did not deny the inference. (1782.) 467. Abstinence... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1842 - 546 pages
...patience for their faults, he has the greatest tenderness for their persons. He told me, the other day, he hated to hear people whine about metaphysical distresses,...then, he never wept at any tragedy but Jane Shore, who died for want of a loaf. He called me a saucy girl, but did not deny the inference. (1782.) 467. Abstinence... | |
 | Robert Armitage - Authors, English - 1850 - 562 pages
...was wholly free from this; he did substantial good. " He told me the other day," says Hannah More, " he hated to hear people whine about metaphysical distresses,...when there was so much want and hunger in the world." And she, who knew and loved Johnson, has hit off his character with her usual smartness of observation.... | |
 | Robert Armitage - Authors, English - 1850 - 476 pages
...was wholly free from this ; he did substantial good. " He told me the other day," says Hannah More, " he hated to hear people whine about metaphysical distresses,...when there was so much want and hunger in the world." And she, who knew and loved Johnson, has hit off his character with her usual smartness of observation.... | |
 | Hannah More - 1862 - 378 pages
...patience with their faults, he has the greatest tenderness for their persons. He told me the other day he hated to hear people whine about metaphysical distresses...called me a saucy girl, but did not deny the inference. "I spent a delightful day with Mrs. Delany. She is eighty-two years old, and blind ; yet she is the... | |
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