 Did you ever hear my definition of marriage ? It is, that it resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated ; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them.  Reflections of a Lawyer - Page 143by Morris Salem - 1911 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1855 - 676 pages
...checkens, three gase and a Dootchman ! Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot bo separated ; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them. — Sydney Smith. Queen Caroline asked Sir Robert Walpole what it would cost to enclose St. James's... | |
 | Sydney Smith, Lady Saba Smith Holland Holland - 1855 - 530 pages
...by its own particular circumstances." " ' Did you ever hear my definition of marriage ? It is, that it resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they...always punishing any one who comes between them.' • "Some one speaking of Macanlay : 'Yes, I take great credit to myself ; I always prophesied his... | |
 | 1855 - 1428 pages
...they are not unfrequently fallacies.1 " " ' Did you ever hear my definition of marriage ? It is, that it resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they...always punishing any one who comes between them." Some one speaking of Macaulay : ' Yes, I take great credit to myself; I always prophesied his greatness... | |
 | Theology - 1855 - 502 pages
...with a gimlet, I am convinced sawdust would come out of him." * Marriage he described as resembling " a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated...always punishing any one who comes between them." f Referring to Macaulay, he once said : " O yes ! we both talk a great deal, but I don't believe Macaulay... | |
 | lady Saba Holland - 1855 - 562 pages
...by its own particular circumstances." " ' Did you ever hear my definition of marriage ? It is, that it resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they...opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who conies between them.' " Some one speaking of Macaulay : ' Yes, I take great credit to myself; I always... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...convinced solitude is not to be endured." " Did you ever hear my definition of marriage ? It is that it resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they...opposite directions, yet always punishing any one that comes between them." " Lucy, Lucy, my dear child, don't tear your frock ; tearing frocks is not... | |
 | Sydney Smith, Lady Saba Holland Holland - 1855 - 390 pages
...my definition of marriage ? It is, that it resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they can not be separated ; often moving in opposite directions,...always punishing any one who comes between them.' " Some one speaking of Macaulay : ' Yes, I take great credit to myself; I always prophesied his greatness... | |
 | Wit - 1860 - 282 pages
...goes, he gave them his blessing. " Married couples resemble a pair of shears," says Sydney Smith, " so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...always punishing any one who comes between them." There is an inscription on a tombstone at La Point, Lake Superior, which reads as follows : — " John... | |
 | Charades - 1862 - 234 pages
...Extremes. 415. Bacon. 416. Madam, your broom is at the door. 417. It resembles a pair of shears, which are so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving...opposite directions, yet always punishing any one that comes between them. REV. SYDNEY SMITH. 418. A stump orator. K. 419. If the grate be empty, put... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1869 - 424 pages
...circumstances. — [Memoii '.] MATRIMONY. DID you ever hear my definition of marriage ? It is, that it resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they...yet always punishing any one who comes between them. — [Memoir.~\ THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY. I always prophesied his greatness from the first moment I... | |
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