It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.
I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society. " "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one.
As charms are nonsense, nonsense is a charm.
God only pours out his light into the mind after having subdued the rebellion of the will by an altogether heavenly gentleness which charms and wins it.
Possibilities swung from the ropes of his life like charms on a watch chain, golden.
I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding.
Theology sits rouged at the window and courts philosophy's favor, offering to sell her charms to it.
In mid-wood silence, thus, how sweet to be; Where all the noises, that on peace intrude, Come from the chittering cricket, bird, and bee, Whose songs have charms to sweeten solitude.
The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms.
On the cliffs of your wild cat charms I'm riding.
I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
When one sees one of the romantic creatures before him he imagines he is looking at some holy being, so wonderful that its one breath could dissolve him in a sea of a thousand charms and delights; but if one looks into the soul -- it's nothing but a common crocodile.
The moon's a powerful mistress. She can reach through any wall or covering and work her wicked charms.
Dean Swift proposed to tax beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms; he said the tax would be cheerfully paid and very productive.
Words are charms. It's like a song you didn't even know you knew.
No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar.
Yosemite Park. . . None can escape its charms. Its natural beauty cleans and warms like a fire, and you will be willing to stay forever in one place like a tree.
No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
Depression is melancholy minus its charms - the animation, the fits.
Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.