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MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT
By Anthony Hamilton With notes by Sir Walter Scott
All day poring over his books, and went
to bed soon Ambition to pass for a wit, only
established her tiresome An affectation of purity of manners As all fools are who have good memories Better memory for injuries than for
benefits Better to know nothing at all, than to
know too much Better to partake with another than to
have nothing at all Busy without consequence By a strange perversion of language,
styled, all men of honour Despising everything which was not
like themselves Devote himself to his studies, than to
the duties of matrimony Duke would see things if he could Embellish the truth, in order to
enhance the wonder Entreating pardon, and at the same time
justifying her conduct Envy each other those indulgences which
themselves refuse Every thing that is necessary is
honourable in politics Four dozen of patches, at least, and
ten ringlets of hair Good attendants, but understood
cheating still better Great earnestness passed for business Grew so fat and plump that it was a
blessing to see her Hardly possible for a woman to have
less wit, or more beauty He had no sentiments but such as others
inspired him with He talked eternally, without saying
anything He as little feared the Marquis as he
loved him His mistress given him by his priests
for penance How I must hate you, if I did not love
you to distraction Impenetrable stupidity (passed) for
secrecy Impertinent compliments Life, in his opinion, was too short to
read all sorts of books Long habit of suffering himself to be
robbed by his domestics Maxim of all jealous husbands Never felt the pressure of indigence Not disagreeable, but he had a serious
contemplative air Not that he wanted capacity, but he was
too self sufficient Obstinate against all other advices Offended that his good fortune raised
him no rivals One amour is creditable to a lady Possessed but little raillery, and
still less patience Public is not so easily deceived as
some people imagine Public grows familiar with everything
by habit Reasons of state assume great
privileges Resolved to renounce the church for the
salvation of my soul She just said what she ought, and no
more So weak as to transform your slave into
your tyrant Terrible piece of furniture for the
country (educated girl) The shortest follies are the best There are men of real merit, or
pretenders to it They can by no means bear the
inconstancy of their mistresses Those who open a book merely to find
fault Very willing to accept, but was tardy
in making returns Wealth was necessary for the
conveniencies of a long life What jealousy fears, and what it always
deserves What a glory would it be to have a Cato
for a husband Would have been criminal even in
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