127.
PHILOSOPHY. 'It seems to be part of the despicable philosophy of the
time to despise monuments of sacred magnificence,' v. 114, n. 1.
PICTURE. 'Sir, among the anfractuosities of the human mind I know
not if it may not be one, that there is a superstitious reluctance
to sit for a picture,' iv. 4.
PIETY. 'A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll
beat you all at piety,' iv. 289.
PIG. 'Pig has, it seems, not been wanting to man, but man to pig,'
iv. 373;
'It is said the only way to make a pig go forward is to pull him
back by the tail,' v. 355.
PILLOW. 'That will do--all that a pillow can do,' iv. 411.
PISTOL. 'When his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the
butt end of it' (Colley Cibber) ii. 100.
PITY. 'We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards,'
iii. 11.
PLAYER. 'A player--a showman--a fellow who exhibits himself for a
shilling,' ii. 234.
PLEASANT. 'Live pleasant' (Burke), i. 344.
PLEASE. 'It is very difficult to please a man against his will,' iii. 69.
PLEASED. 'To make a man pleased with himself, let me tell you, is
doing a very great thing,' iii. 328.
PLEASING. 'We all live upon the hope of pleasing somebody,' ii. 22.
PLEASURE. 'Every pleasure is of itself a good,' iii. 327;
'Pleasure is too weak for them and they seek for pain,' iii. 176;
'When one doubts as to pleasure, we know what will be the conclusion,'
iii.
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