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Jude and Sue started
Jude and Sue started as he mechanically replied in the affirmative, for the voice was Arabella's.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

just as soon shake
"I had just as soon shake hands with him as not.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Justice a safe shield
the learned, Emerson on, 207 , 38 Journalist , Bismarck's definition of, 569 , 22; to whom he owes tribute, 498 , 34 Jove , prayer to, 380 , 56 Joy , amid misfortune, 22 , 24; and grief, in measure, 371 , 25; and pain, relative amount of, 471 , 36; and sorrow, 114 , 48; and weeping at, 162 , 5; as a teacher, 334 , 47; concealment of, 145 , 30; deep, awe in, 9 , 20; each present, absorbing, 75 , 22; effect of, as compared with that of grief, 136 , 34, 35; effect of excessive, on reason, 54 , 1; effect of imparting, 473 , 24; effect of, on mind, 133 , 32; effect of reflection on, 417 , 3; fellowship in, 460 , 32; great, after great change, 133 , 45; great, how earned, 133 , 36; how to find, 567 , 41; how we part with, 527 , 45; in Heaven, 532 , 5; man's, only in building up, 312 , 36; meaning of, 91 , 37; not in joys, 64 , 18; our face of, 529 , 40; profound, 357 , 53; seen only in a beautiful face, 379 , 37; shared, 20 , 7; 92 , 22; shared, joy doubled, 122 , 12; 385 , 28; sympathy with, 548 , 40; the greatest, 474 , 14; three parts pain, 28 , 18; true, 500 , 12, 13; true, a character of, 374 , 26; true, its origin, 499 , 35; unfelt, hard to feign, 154 , 32; vanishing, 519 , 25 Joyousness , essential to all useful effort, 77 , 37; mother of virtues, 64 , 19 Joys , concealment of, 149 , 36; connection of, with sorrows, 191 , 41; each condition its own, 82 , 55; highest, source of, 434 , 44; killed with love, 154 , 1; little and great, 251 , 21; not unmingled, 508 , 11; participation in another's, 152 , 2; purest, how obtained, 452 , 20; too high, not to be sought, 527 , 33; unfelt, hard to feign, 154 , 32 Judas , equal to Jesus at the ballot-box, 33 , 45; even a, among the apostles, 89 , 21 Judge , a lax, 310 , 27; a good and faithful, 31 , 60; an incompetent, 175 , 6; and jury, their functions, 4 , 50; and law, compared, 259 , 4; appeal to the heart of, 125 , 4; duties of, 214 , 30-33; duty of, 390 , 19; not, and reason why, 112 , 6; of others, how to, 527 , 31; others, how we, 523 , 33; our, he who made the heart, 552 , 14; who acquits a criminal, 214 , 1; who cannot punish, 7 , 43; whom no king can corrupt, 154 , 5 Judges , cobblers, 279 , 46; function of, 237 , 20; good, rare, 129 , 41; should have two ears, 376 , 31; the duty and practice of, 233 , 22; virtue required in, 327 , 58 Judging by the event, 493 , 25; defined, 493 , 26; men, golden rule of, 198 , 27; others, 41 , 4; well or evil, 551 , 2 Judgment , a, well tried, 387 , 52; and wit, 557 , 50; 558 , 6; and knowledge, 221 , 6, 7; as a mark of genius, 281 , 22; as the inner man, 405 , 47; at the helm, 544 , 30; contrasted with imagination, 223 , 34; contrasted with invention, 196 , 13; deceptive, 453 , 13; dependent upon feeling, 522 , 20; divine, 125 , 22, 32, 33; 127 , 47; fled to brutish beasts, 321 , 6; haste in, 187 , 36; how to form, 27 , 47; lack of, danger of, 94 , 17; last, necessary, 7 , 62, 63; last, responsibility at, 568 , 28; like a pair of scales, 437 , 21; limit of, 539 , 24; of others, 93 , 20; of posterity and contemporaries, contrasted, 47 , 7; of the wisest, 463 , 26; one's own, as standard, 267 , 4; of man and woman, 267 , 34; private, Dr. Stirling on, 357 , 9; private, no standard of right, 286 , 10; right, rule for, 109 , 9; self-satisfaction with, 93 , 10; spoiled by imagination, 398 , 22; the world's, 384 , 22; to be according to law, 214 , 24; to be charitable, 163 , 21; trade on, 57 , 41; vulgar, of a great man, 422 , 19; weakness of, 66 , 16; which we have here, 530 , 10; word of, above man, 114 , 13 Judgments , estimate of our, 489 , 13; to be weeded of opinion, 531 , 7; worthlessness of people's, 181 , 26 Juggling , as governing world, 204 , 7 Julian , his apostrophe to Christ, 514 , 3 Juliet , love of, for Romeo, 123 , 15 Jupiter , leniency of, 390 , 33 Jurists , bad Christians, 215 , 9 Jury , function of, 4 , 50 Just , cause, defence of, 215 , 42; condition of being, 523 , 5; for unjust, 17 , 38; man may need help, 89 , 32; man, rising again of, 109 , 4; path of, 447 , 11; perfectly, or according to ability, 490 , 33; the actions of, 335 , 12; the, the little of, 439 , 26; the only, stern, 151 , 18; the, without law, 117 , 43; thing, the strong, 455 , 35 Justice , a safe shield, 93 , 49; a source of wrong, 9 , 24; administrator of, qualities of, 152 , 28; ally of religion, 313 , 45; all-pervading, 431 , 36; and generosity combined, power of, 429 , 47; and just men, our love for, 525 , 32; and liberty, effect of separating, 547 , 29; as administered, 54 , 23; as bandaged, 22 , 28; at all risks, 105 , 26, 27; compared with severity and love, 285 , 13; defined, 113 , 12; 408 , 17; 432 , 27; 536 , 22; defined and described, 216 , 32, 34-38; discernment of, a revelation, 546 , 35; divine, instant, 125 , 31; enforced in Bible, 384 , 45; essence of, 425 , 42; exact, mercifulness of, 95 , 45; extreme, evil, 98 , 3; first, 27 , 25; foundation of temple of charity, 40 , 29; God's, unfailing, 128 , 9; guide, 241 , 23; how preserved, 245 , 46; how to be loved, 151 , 3; impartial, truest mercy, 207 , 6; in judgment and action, defined, 225 , 39; in the eyes of God, 491 , 42; lawyer's, versus God's, 161 , 40; love of, 222 , 12; no, without generosity, 202 , 36; not to be sold, 344 , 14; one hour in the execution of, 332 , 37; orbs of, steadfast, 484 , 29; respect for the gods, 68 , 53; second to religion, 297 , 39; secure, 553 , 14; simple, 164 , 26; springs of, 283 , 19; subtlety of, 225 , 40; the administration of, 402 , 45; the chamber of, 46 , 36; the foundation of, 117 , 36; {pg 611} the, in fair round belly, 437 , 23; the only fountain of, 63 , 46; the reward of, 496 , 13; those who doubt or deny, 483 , 19; to man, desire of all, 273 , 37; uncompromising, 169 , 8; unfailing, 340 , 19; virtue of, 460 , 39, 40; virtue of great souls, 66 , 30; virtue of the man, 121 , 50; Westminster, and God's, different, 268 , 50; when too severe, 406 , 39; with the gods, 390 , 12; without recompense, 271 , 30 Juvenal on his book, 365 , 22 K Keats' , epitaph, 155 , 13; rank as poet, 503 , 48 Keeping , and giving, rule in, 217 , 40; as a merit, 293 , 40 Kepler's highest wish, 288 , 2 Kernel , who would eat, 364 , 54 Kettle , rusty, not to be tinkered, 568 , 31 Key , a gold, power of, 6 , 37 Kin , a little more than, 8 , 46 Kind , only the, fair, 311 , 9; words, healing power of, 15 , 27 Kindly spirit, a, the human element, 332 , 16 Kindness , according to the Hitopadesa, 143 , 31; a sudden blaze of, 406 , 1; breaks no bones, 137 , 35; commended, 243 , 47; deeds of, how repaid, 440 , 22; defined, 536 , 23; exemplar in repairing, 189 , 29; how to recompense, 370 , 32; little deeds of, effect of, 251 , 9; prevalency of, 524 , 19; requiting, hard, 522 , 41; soon forgotten, 50 , 51; the joy of doing, 106 , 21; to grateful and to ungrateful, 132 , 40; to the good, not wasted, 31 , 35 Kindnesses , misplaced, 531 , 26; the best, 408 , 31 Kindred , love of, 107 , 38 King , a clown at heart, 33 , 46; a good, 6 , 44; a, the look of, 430 , 38; attribute of a, 553 , 23; an anointed, no deposing, 312 , 19; and kingdom, relation between, 375 , 39; contrast between, and a father, 86 , 10; every inch a, 25 , 34; 179 , 25; fitness of the name, 89 , 48; good, value of, 127 , 11; his limits, 80 , 55; morality of a, 443 , 5; not a creature of chance, 296 , 35; of England, legal mercy of, 438 , 35; Popinjay, 35 , 15; sayings about the, 375 , 40-45; 437 , 31-38; the (see Rex ); what most becomes, 301 , 17 Kingdom , a man's, 313 , 23; of God, condition of entering, 554 , 40; of God, in what it consists, 437 , 39 Kings , a world of, 172 , 11; and people, 534 , 38; and people, relation of, 447 , 23; anger of, 132 , 50; bands of, 15 , 46; contrasted with shepherds, 123 , 43; courts of, composition of, 22 , 1; divine right of, 451 , 36; divine right of, settled, 479 , 7; eyes and ears of, 286 , 2; heaven-chosen for us, 35 , 15; knowledge of, 493 , 31; last argument of, 505 , 1; not without good qualities, 38 , 36; not without their virtues, 190 , 2; only eloquence in behalf of, 233 , 15; only privates plus ceremony, 535 , 24; powerlessness of, to kill or cure, 162 , 30; the art of, 381 , 11; the curse of, 206 , 6; the, of modern thought, 437 , 37; the politeness of, 223 , 12; the true, 478 , 50; the wealth of, 335 , 34; their misdeeds and the penalty, 57 , 53; wise, and their councillors, 557 , 33 Kinship , spiritual, test of, 73 , 44 Kiss , echo of the sound of a, 454 , 28 Kissing , full of sanctity, 157 , 1 Kitchen , fundamental institution, 45 , 22; vital part of the house, 555 , 27 Kite , a carrion, 2 , 37 Knave , a crafty, 3 , 32; a, how to win, 45 , 1; an old, 15 , 57; and fool, 5 , 58; found out, 81 , 5; one thoroughly, 91 , 38; once, 331 , 21; wit needed by, 109 , 11 Knavery , and folly, excuse for, 102 , 29; baseness of, 200 , 17; defined and developed from cunning, 51 , 28; no, if no fools, 174 , 47 Knaves , first of nine order of, 428 , 27; honourable in the mass, 238 , 33 Knight, lying, in dark ages, 302 , 49; scarce a, 145 , 7 Knights of chivalry, 42 , 35; 260 , 41 Know , seeking to, 40 , 59; three things to, 199 , 27;
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

joy and she said
I found her in an ecstasy of joy, and she said that if she could understand what her maid said her happiness would be complete.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

jet a short skirt
Draw the picture for yourself: A slim figure, if you like, held in the posture of the caterpillar slouch, a long length of stocking so thin as to give the effect of shaded skin above high-heeled slippers with sparkling buckles of bright jet, a short skirt, a scrappy, thin, low-necked, short-sleeved blouse through which white underclothing shows various edgings of lace and ribbons, and on top of this, a painted face under a long crepe veil!
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

joy And shelter shade
Around me scowls a wintry sky, Blasting each bud of hope and joy; And shelter, shade, nor home have I; Save in these arms of thine, Love.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

just and savoury sauce
The conscience of having well spent the other hours, is the just and savoury sauce of the dinner-table.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

just a stupid silly
“We had just a stupid, silly, commonplace quarrel.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

judgment and silently say
All present weigh him in their judgment and silently say, "This young man is gaining; he is more careful, thoughtful, polite, considerate, straightforward, industrious."
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

joint affairs so satisfactorily
He now darted it at his patron, who took it, and felt his mind relieved of a great weight: observing that as they had arranged their joint affairs so satisfactorily, he would now be glad to look into those of Bully Sawyers.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Janey as she sat
Tangles of roses trailed over the farm-house walls, they hung round the window-frames, darkening the rooms, and over the door, sending faint perfumes to Janey as she sat in the kitchen.
— from The Three Furlongers by Sheila Kaye-Smith

Jud as she stood
“I’m sure it’s an animal, ’cause it moves,” she told Jud, as she stood aside to let him look in the hole.
— from Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm by Mabel C. Hawley

Joey as she spoke
"Bertillia," breathed the mite, pronouncing all the syllables quite distinctly, and looking solemnly up at Joey as she spoke.
— from Head of the Lower School by Dorothea Moore

Jane and she said
to Aunt Jane, and she said, 'Any boy that'll abuse a cat like mine'; and if I didn't wish that pew was curtained in you may eat me."
— from Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

John Andrew Son Sc
John Andrew & Son, Sc.
— from Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation by Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll

just and sensible statements
The New York Herald , remarkable both for extraordinary blunders and for extraordinarily just and sensible statements, has well said that there is a “higher law” recognized by every one who believes in the supremacy of conscience and duty to God.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

journeying and showed such
In a few minutes she knew all about the promised land to which the little pilgrim was journeying, and showed such friendly interest in the wedding and [47] the other delights in store for her that Mary lingered over her toilet as long as possible, in order to prolong the pleasure of having such an attentive audience.
— from The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston


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