Over the Teacups, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1891 - 319 pages Originally released as a series of essays in the Atlantic Monthly, Over the Teacups, like Holmes' Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, is a table talk book that discusses age and how to live a long life; how to be a great conversationalist; the art of reading.--Vendor's description. |
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... Whether he ought to or not , it is very certain that this is what all who write much or speak much necessarily must and will do . Think of the clergyman who - preaches fifty or a hundred or more sermons every year OVER THE TEACUPS . 7.
... Whether he ought to or not , it is very certain that this is what all who write much or speak much necessarily must and will do . Think of the clergyman who - preaches fifty or a hundred or more sermons every year OVER THE TEACUPS . 7.
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... speak of it on that particular day . I had never alluded to it before in that company , nor had I ever spoken of it with Mr. Rathbone . I told this story over our teacups . Among the company at the table is a young Eng- lish girl . She ...
... speak of it on that particular day . I had never alluded to it before in that company , nor had I ever spoken of it with Mr. Rathbone . I told this story over our teacups . Among the company at the table is a young Eng- lish girl . She ...
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... speak ; and if the ablest of them will only live long enough , and keep on writing , there is no pop - gun that cannot reach him . But I fear that this is an unamiable reflection , and I am at this time in a very amiable mood . ― I ...
... speak ; and if the ablest of them will only live long enough , and keep on writing , there is no pop - gun that cannot reach him . But I fear that this is an unamiable reflection , and I am at this time in a very amiable mood . ― I ...
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... speaking- have recently arrived at the age of threescore years and twenty , fourscore years we may other- wise call it . In the arrangement of our table , I am Teacup Number One , and I may as well say that I am often spoken of as The ...
... speaking- have recently arrived at the age of threescore years and twenty , fourscore years we may other- wise call it . In the arrangement of our table , I am Teacup Number One , and I may as well say that I am often spoken of as The ...
Page 48
... speak metaphorically , that is to say , when every act of self - determination costs an effort and a pang . We become more and more automatic as we grow older , and if we lived long enough we should come to be pieces of creaking ...
... speak metaphorically , that is to say , when every act of self - determination costs an effort and a pang . We become more and more automatic as we grow older , and if we lived long enough we should come to be pieces of creaking ...
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