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Sé que usted desea que diga que sí para gozar el placer de despreciar mi gusto; pero una de mis aficiones es impedir tales bochornos y defraudar a aquellos que pretenden despreciarme.

and the respect which he felt for her high rank, and his veneration for her as his patroness, mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his right as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility.

Boo Radley,

This water was very different from any ordinary food. It was born from the walk under the stars, the song of the pulley, the effort of carrying him in my arms. It did the heart good, like a present. When I was a little boy, the lights of the Christmas tree, the music of the midnight mass, the sweetness of people's smiles, all formed part of the radiance of the Christmas gifts I received.

the motives of the writer form as important an ingredient in the analysis or his history, as the facts he records. Probability is a powerful and troublesome test; and it is by this troublesome standard that a large portion of historical evidence is sifted.

O que você não souber, não lhe trará sofrimento.

Nevertheless Moira was our fantasy. We hugged her to us, she was with us in secret, a giggle; she was lava beneath the crust of daily life. In the light of Moira, the Aunts were less fearsome and more absurd. Their power had a flaw to it. They could be shanghaied in toilets. The audacity was what we liked. We

Нам казалось – или мы себе внушали, – что все это необыкновенно весело.

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Pride is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary.

The night-crawlers had retired, but ripe chinaberries drummed on the roof when the wind stirred, and the darkness was desolate with the barking of distant dogs.

The most important thing had always been what other people thought - appearances before herself or her family. And righteous about it.

ὁ νιὸς νογάει κι ἁρπάει τὴν αγαπώ, πηδάει νὰ τὴ γλιτώσει,μὰ μόνο πρόφτασαν κι οἱ δυὸ να μποῡν σφιχταγκαλιὰ στὸν Ἅδη.

First, the front lines. They are not lines, really: the war seems to be going on in many places at once. Wooded

Was that not the great mission he had undertaken in the world—to revive the spirit of chivalry?

About half an hour afterwards he attempted again to speak, but was unable; he pressed my hand feebly, and his eyes closed for ever, while the irradiation of a gentle smile passed away from his lips.

Mi fa piacere che sia femmina. E spero che sarà una stupida... è la cosa migliore per una bambina, a questo mondo, una bella e piccola stupida.

¡Què agradable es pasar la tarde así!En mi opinión, no hay mayor placer que la lectura. En compañía de un libro uno se aburre mucho menos. Cuando tenga casa propia me creeré muy desgraciada si no poseo una excelente biblioteca.

very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.

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