
Part III, p. 108.
The Autobiography (1818)
Source: Emma
Part III, p. 108.
The Autobiography (1818)
“But bounty and hospitality very seldom lead to extravagance; though vanity almost always does.”
Source: (1776), Book V, Chapter III, Part V, p. 987.
“It seldom happens, however, that a great proprietor is a great improver.”
Source: (1776), Book III, Chapter IV, p. 420.
Aids to Reflection (1873), Aphorism 1
Statement to the Associated Chambers of Commerce (March 1891)
1890s
“What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.”
Book 2, chapter 4. Compare: "I say the very things that make the greatest Stir / An' the most interestin' things, are things that did n't occur", Sam Walter Foss, Things that did n't occur.
Books, Coningsby (1844), Henrietta Temple (1837)
“To the real question, How does it feel to be a problem? I answer seldom a word.”
Source: The Souls of Black Folk