for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.
When any two young people take it into their heads to marry, they are pretty sure by perseverance to carry their point, be they ever so poor, or ever so imprudent, or ever so little likely to be necessary to each other's ultimate comfort.
Faultless in spite of all her faults.
Grant us peace, Almighty Father, so to pray as to deserve to be heard.
Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?
Incline us oh God! to think humbly of ourselves, to be severe only in the examination of our own conduct, to consider our fellow-creatures with kindness, and to judge of all they say and do with that charity which we would desire from them ourselves.