" Her particular accomplishment maybe of minute value in itself; but is not her content in it a priceless good?

" Her particular accomplishment maybe of minute value in itself; but is not her content in it a priceless good?

The accomplishment of the "social duty" is an assumption, not very probable with regard to any body, and much less so in a fiery Italian of twenty-six; but the addition of the epithets, "calm and cold," gives it a sort of horror.

The only honest accomplishment that he seemed to possess was his skill in playing upon the flute; of this he was very vain.

Next to its ability to do the exceptional things when required, the most useful accomplishment of the automobile is its wonderful capacity for standing up to its work day in and day out in fair weather or foul, regardless of the condition of the roads.

I date all my accomplishments from then!it is my anno Domini.

Some vain persons take it for a genteel and graceful thing; a special accomplishment, a mark of fine breeding, a point of high gallantry; for who, forsooth, is the brave spark, the complete gentleman, the man of conversation and address, but he that hath the skill and confidence (O heavens!

The only physical accomplishment in which Wordsworth thought he excelled was skating, an accomplishment in which his brother poet and acquaintance, Klopstock, also excelled.

Carolyn June's sole accomplishment in the art of preparing food was the making of coffee-jelly.

Sturt re-entered the Murray on his homeward journey on the 13th of February; and the successful accomplishment of this return is Sturt's greatest achievement.

If you were not living in the Pliocene age, Professor James Parkhurst, you would know that accomplishments are a curseaccomplishment is the only thing that counts.

Sister does a good many things, and does most of them well; but her particular accomplishment is her motor-driving.

Recreations are not education; accomplishments are not education.

VILLAGE CHARACTERS Quaint Hamlet FolkThe Village ImpostorRural EconomyStories of the PeopleA Curious AnalogyTom Peregrine, the KeeperA Standing DishA Great CharacterPeregrine's Accomplishments and ProclivitiesFarmers and FoxesConcerning ChurchwardensThe Village QuackAn Excellent PrescriptionHis LectureHow the Old Fox was FoundA Good SortHeroes of the HamletPolitical MeetingsHumours of the PollGloucestershire Farmers.

The model has already been approved by an experienced architect, and submitted to the dean and chapter of St. Paul's; so that the restoration of Sir James Thornhill's labours presents an excellent opportunity for the immediate application of Mr. Parris's machinery; whilst its accomplishment would be the means of rewarding individual ingenuity, and rescuing from decay a valuable triumph of British genius.

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She practiced it only because she wished to pass the time, and to drive away thought; and because the one accomplishment she wanted was the art of refusing.

The intellectual accomplishments he exhibited were, principally, a tranquil and mild enthusiasm, and a richness of conception which dictated spontaneously to his tongue, and flowed with so much ease, that it was only by retrospect you could be made aware of the amazing variety of ideas that had been presented.

Such accomplishments were an exasperation to us poor fellows who had come in from the remote outskirts and found we must compete for honours with men so well equipped.

The prize accomplishment so far has been pies.

The accomplishments which gladden life, As music, drawing, dancing, are Encroachers on our precious time; Their praise or dispraise I forbear.

Amongst Dad's other accomplishments was his unfailing readiness to tell of his experiences in the service.