| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1848 - 730 páginas
...yet to have had but little experience), and we may be pretty certain that the persons of either sex whom all the world treats ill, deserve entirely the...reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will iu turn look sourly upon you : laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion ; and so let... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1849 - 728 páginas
...have kfd bnt little experience), and we may be pretty certain that the persons of either sex wliom all the world treats ill, deserve entirely the treatment...looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of hia own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you : laugh at it and with it, and... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1849 - 412 páginas
...yet to have had but little experience), and we may be pretty certain, that the persons of either sex whom all the world treats ill, deserve entirely the treatment they get. The world is n looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will... | |
| 1853 - 1074 páginas
...distinguished men of this century. ' The world," says Mr. Thackeray, ' is a looking-glass, and gives forth to every man" the reflection of" his own face. Frown at it — it will in turn look sourly on you ; laugh at it, and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion.'... | |
| 1889 - 680 páginas
...whether we shall find it mostly clouds or sunshine. " The world is a lookingglass," says Thackeray, " and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown on it, and it will in turn look sourly on you ; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind of... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 428 páginas
...it. — Philip, ii. 285. THE WORLEfS LOOKING-GLASS. We may be pretty certain that persons whom alt the world treats ill, deserve entirely the treatment...of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn Jook sourly upon you ; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion ; and so let all young... | |
| Henry Rowland Brown - 1886 - 318 páginas
...my portmanteau would admit. Accordingly I brushed up to the best advantage. Thackeray says : — " The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every...reflection of his own face ; frown at it, and it will in return look sourly upon you ; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly good companion." I felt at... | |
| William Fraser Rae - 1888 - 326 páginas
...CHAPTER VIII. THE DUKE OP PONTAINEBLEAU. ' We may be pretty certain that the persons of either sex whom the world treats ill, deserve entirely the treatment...reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will look sourly upon you ; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly companion.' — THACKERAY. ^imrHE... | |
| 1889 - 826 páginas
...this refreshing quality is within the province of all. Was Thackeray altogether wrong when he said, " We may be pretty certain that persons whom all the...treats ill, deserve entirely the treatment they get?" How happily, too, he enlarged the thought as we find it in Vanity Fair, that "the world is a looking-glass,... | |
| 1890 - 506 páginas
...value. Of course that time is far distant, but it looms up as an event not only possible but probable. THE world is a looking-glass and gives back to every man the expression of his own face. Frown at it and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with... | |
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