One of those balls where one always enjoys
oneself."
"I am a little bit on the destroy myself," said the Hen, tranquilly swallowing one of the little reptiles; "and it is not an act of folly to provide
oneself with the delicacies of the season."
In a word, to comport
oneself with perfect propriety in Polygonal society, one ought to be a Polygon
oneself.
He is less polished, less insinuating than Mainwaring, and is comparatively deficient in the power of saying those delightful things which put one in good humour with
oneself and all the world.
Is it not this: To humiliate
oneself in order to mortify one's pride?
my dear comrades, it will be rather curious to have the earth for our moon, to see it rise on the horizon, to recognize the shape of its continents, and to say to
oneself, `There is America, there is Europe;' then to follow it when it is about to lose itself in the sun's rays!
Which is a very poor way of saying that it is good for
oneself to be strong, and evil for
oneself to be weak-- or better yet, it is pleasurable to be strong, because of the profits; painful to be weak, because of the penalties.
I hate people who talk about themselves, as you do, when one wants to talk about
oneself, as I do.
'Nothing tastes better,' said she, 'than what one eats by
oneself,' and she was very much pleased with her day's work.
I will explain; the enjoyment was just from the too intense consciousness of one's own degradation; it was from feeling
oneself that one had reached the last barrier, that it was horrible, but that it could not be otherwise; that there was no escape for you; that you never could become a different man; that even if time and faith were still left you to change into something different you would most likely not wish to change; or if you did wish to, even then you would do nothing; because perhaps in reality there was nothing for you to change into.
In some of the larger towns there are artels of a much more complex kind-- permanent associations, possessing large capital, and pecuniarily responsible for the acts of the individual members." The word "artel," despite its apparent similarity, has, Mr Aylmer Maude assures me, no connection with "ars" or "arte." Its root is that of the verb "rotisya," to bind
oneself by an oath; and it is generally admitted to be only another form of "rota," which now signifies a "regimental company." In both words the underlying idea is that of a body of men united by an oath.
In future I am not to go on living peacefully in my little corner, poor though that corner be I am not to go on living, as the proverb has it, without muddying the water, or hurting any one, or forgetting the fear of the Lord God and of
oneself? I am not to see, forsooth, that no man does me an injury, or breaks into my home--I am not to take care that all shall go well with me, or that I have clothes to wear, or that my shoes do not require mending, or that I be given work to do, or that I possess sufficient meat and drink?