Take a turn about the works, listenin' to all that is said, an' you'll find I'm not wrong in my figgerin'.

Mr. Hay wrote on the back of his Mémoire,"All that is said in reference to Great Britain is false and malicious."

I saw likewise another very extraordinary thing in the king's palace, which was a looking-glass that is placed in a well not very deep; whoever goes down into the well hears everything that is said upon earth, and if he looks into the glass, beholds all the cities and nations of the world as plain as if he was close to them.

That being said the rest is, thank goodness, praise.

You have attached me to Madame de Mazarin, and I hear nothing but the good that is said of her.

The wisest and most humane rule for a traveller toward his companion is to 'Be to their faults a little blind; Be to their virtues very kind;' and to consider all that is said and done on board, like what passes among the members of the same club, as on the whole private and confidential.

" [Sidenote: Sir Launcelot confesses himself] "Ha, Sir Tristram," said the white knight, "often have I heard of thee and of thy skill at arms, and well have I proved thy fame this day and that all that is said of thee is true.

All that is said in this book of their religion, laws, and sentiments, I learned from themselves, and most of the incidents occurred precisely as they are represented.

I by no means subscribe to all that is said by these distinguished individuals on the subject, and I cannot help suspecting that the high station in literature which they occupied rendered them more than commonly sensitive to the corrections and erasures which were proposed by the editor.

"But this does not tell all that is said of the land with the three steps.

But of Händel as a lover, we must postpone the gossip till we have mouthed one of the most delicious morsels in musical scandal, a choice romance that is said to have affected Purcell very deeply.

You see one credulous of all that is said, another wrapt up in deep Suspence, another saying there is some Reason in what he says, another angry that the Apostle destroys a favourite Opinion which he is unwilling to give up, another wholly convinced and holding out his Hands in Rapture; while the Generality attend, and wait for the Opinion of those who are of leading Characters in the Assembly.

That is said to be two thousand fathoms down.

We mean to be there, but you know we don't understand Russian well enough to hear all that is said.

" The picturesque High Street should be followed past the Town Hall with its alien Carolean front, and the long wall of Purbeck House that is said to be made up from the "sweepings" of the Albert Memorial at Kensington.

"I am he who hears everything that is said in the whole world.

A paradox is a fantastic thing that is said once: a fashion is a more fantastic thing that is said a sufficient number of times.

Indistinctly through my bandages I can hear orders being given and a confused murmur of voices that lasts for about five minutes, but I cannot distinguish a word that is said.

Here are more than thirty words, awkwardly and loosely strung together; and all that is said in them, might be much better expressed in half the number.

"HYSTERON-PROTERON is a rhetorical figure in which that is said last, which was done first.

He who giveth without stint food to a fatigued wayfarer never seen before, obtaineth merit that is great, and he who leading a domestic life, followeth such practices, acquireth religious merit that is said to be very great.

You see one credulous of all that is said, another wrapt up in deep Suspence, another saying there is some Reason in what he says, another angry that the Apostle destroys a favourite Opinion which he is unwilling to give up, another wholly convinced and holding out his Hands in Rapture; while the Generality attend, and wait for the Opinion of those who are of leading Characters in the Assembly.

With some of the erraticness that is said to belong to genius, Parkes enjoyed doing things at odd hours.

I shall make a small hole in it, near the cornice, through which I can see what Mr. Jay does in his room, and hear every word that is said when any friend happens to call on him.

The following extract from the latter contains all that is said having relation to the conduct of Captain Holmes: