Word: mannerisms
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Bearing in mind these few principles which I have stated thus abstractly, you must proceed to the practical application of them. Take the first principle, - that of appropriation. If you see any thing in dress or manner that strikes your fancy, make it your own; but always cum grano mutationis. Flatter your model by a resemblance; do not offend him by an identity. Let him think that the variation means superior excellence on his side; be satisfied with knowing, yourself, that you have changed only to improve. Enough on this score. Your inborn qualities will either make...
...little vaguely, and people (after you've got up your reputation) will be sure to twist your words into meanings which are equally new and acceptable to you. Above all, keep trying. There's nothing like it. Remember how Jacob wrestled with the angel. Do you in like manner wrestle with bon mots. Affect to read strange and uncommon books. Be unusual in your tastes. Be any thing rather than nothing. You must keep prominently before people's eyes at any cost; for so long as you are notorious there is some hope of your becoming famous. Above all, keep...
...growing tendency of showing one's approbation by immoderate applause, or his displeasure by hissing the actions of men in athletic contests, should be discouraged and frowned down, especially hissing, for if a man conducts himself in such an ungentlemanly manner as to arouse a feeling of disgust among the spectators, he shows only too plainly by such conduct that the hisses of the spectators will have little or no effect upon him; and one ungentlemanly act certainly does not deserve another. It seems to us that an excited crowd is often too apt to misinterpret the actions...
...publisher's decision. It has filled its place; and it is not the fault of Mr. King if the enterprise has not proved a success. But it has never been an undergraduate college paper, in the customary sense of the word, nor an official publication, by any manner of means; and, therefore, we have always deprecated its claims as a representative of Harvard or of Harvard opinion. Be that as it may, the Register has certainly been no discredit to the University, and its discontinuance may reasonably be regretted by many persons...
...dear madam!" I cried, startled to see a small-pox patient permitted to roam abroad at will, - "My dear madam, how dare you expose yourself in such a manner...