Chapter V (8)

=Best=, a test of, 413, 20;
inexplicable by words, 562, 8;
liable to abuse, 110, 27;
man, Emerson's, 145, 31;
man, moulded out of faults, 479, 26;
nearest, 12, 58;
safety of, 540, 42;
the, in the world, 537, 11;
the, inexplicable by words, 67, 18;
the, a sufferer, 417, 50;
things, the law regarding, 427, 39;
when corrupted, 48, 27;
who does his, 55, 13

=Bestride= the narrow world, 142, 26

=Betrayal=, only by friends, 330, 8

=Betrayer=, the, defined, 418, 14

=Better=, and worse without limit, 184, 7;
enemy of well, 179, 36; 234, 6;
side of things, looking at, 543, 34;
the, the greater, 34, 37

=Bible=, a, all have to publish, 538, 15;
and the Jews, 418, 23;
an idol, 274, 36;
an indubitably inspired, 331, 40;
and religion, 205, 41;
as an educator, 274, 38;
effect on style of study of, 195, 26;
effect of familiarity with, 439, 34;
free circulation of, Goethe on, 285, 10;
from the heart of nature, 33, 10;
Goethe on, 164, 40;
honestly studied, a difficult book, 177, 10;
how it may do harm, and how good, 344, 52;
how to understand difficult parts of, 446, 27;
its eternally effective power, Goethe on, 331, 17;
morality, 384, 45;
not a panacea, 467, 14;
of a nation, 418, 24; 491, 4;
Sir William Jones on, 418, 21;
teaching of, 418, 22, 25;
the, and man's obligations, 392, 52;
the Hebrew, 434, 22;
the study of and eloquence, 303, 31;
true, just knows her, 215, 38;
truths still latent in, 418, 20;
writing a, 435, 8, 18

=Bibles=, how made great, 489, 1

=Biography=, faithfully written, a poem, 473, 8;
of souls, epochs in, 508, 24

=Bigot=, as regards reason, 148, 53

=Bigotry=, an unchristian, 495, 32;
effect of, on religion, 30, 18

=Bird=, an example, 400, 31;
an old, 15, 56;
in hand, 1, 37;
in the wood, 81, 14;
smallest, alighting on tree, 453, 52;
that flutters least, 403, 11

=Birds=, Burns' pity of, in winter, 181, 34;
by shallow rivers' falls, 34, 15;
early, 75, 32;
how taught to sing, 400, 9; 523, 22;
old, 327, 10, 11

=Birth=, beginning of death, 20, 35;
high, an accident, 156, 29;
low, comparative advantage of, 487, 52;
meanness of, not to be concealed, 46, 1;
naught without sense, 270, 24;
our, Wordsworth on, 337, 18;
pride of mere, 398, 33

=Birth-place=, insignificance of, 490, 10

=Births=, premature, 116, 32

=Bishop= of gold and wood, 89, 42

=Bitter=, in the memory, 415, 13

=Black=, but not the devil, 164, 36;
obliged to wear and buy, 490, 30

=Blade=, the trenchant, Toledo trusty, 458, 29

=Blame=, on the wronged, 224, 29;
not on one side only, 181, 30

=Blamelessness=, mark of imbecility or greatness, 114, 37

=Blaming= self, motive in, 330, 27

=Blast=, the loudest, 418, 34

=Blaze=, a, as a spectacle, 466, 34

=Blessed=, man, half part of, 143, 52;
the, according to Horace, 310, 25

=Blessedness=, must be sought and founded within, 298, 4;
not in rank or wealth, 209, 14

=Blessings=, as they go, 160, 54;
fleeting, 183, 21;
in relation to ills, 31, 17;
not valued till lost, 78, 18;
still rife, 267, 24;
unthought-of, 491, 25

=Blind=, and blind leaders, Carlyle's advice to, 545, 26;
leading blind, 174, 11;
the, and colour, 1, 41;
the, as leader, 361, 42;
the very, 27, 53

=Blindest=, the, 474, 50

=Blindness=, colour, better than total, 44, 31;
our, a blessing, 176, 6

=Bliss=, an hour of, value of, 382, 5;
search for, in wealth and power, vain, 567, 36;
the same in all, 46, 13

=Blockhead=, a, cavilling of, 1, 42;
according to Wm. Blake, 153, 19;
and his time, 431, 24;
the bookful, 418, 49

=Blood=, a peculiar fluid, 31, 7;
alone, not ennobling, 534, 23;
good, a virtue of, 31, 50;
hard to tame, 419, 8;
justification of shedding, 418, 41;
no foundation set on, 474, 31;
through scoundrels, 287, 39

=Bloom=, of youth, fading, 320, 25;
season of, only once, 441, 38

=Blossom=, no, no fruit, 301, 7

=Blossoms=, not fruits, 30, 60

=Blue-stocking=, estimate of, 1, 43

=Blunder=, the most fatal, 473, 28;
worse than a crime, 39, 10

=Blundering=, a means of learning, 34, 14

=Blush=, a, beauty of, 172, 3;
a, in the face, 28, 55;
meaning of a, 418, 45

=Blushing=, beautifying power of, 85, 11

=Bluster=, a blind for cowardice, 133, 16

=Blustering=, for the fop, 232, 52

=Boasters=, of great things, 399, 14

=Boasting=, before victory, 242, 10

=Boats=, in a calm, 567, 34

=Bodies=, large, likely to err, 230, 13;
without working, 126, 5

=Bodily= labour, alleviating, 235, 23

=Body=, a handsome, needs no cloak, 48, 8;
built by spirit, 86, 2;
effect of soul on, 110, 32;
feeble, effect of, on mind, 505, 17;
how to warm, 519, 1;
light of, 439, 12;
of man, a temple, 471, 19;
pent, here in the, 155, 11;
politic, evil in, 202, 39;
politic, the, like the human body, 233, 11;
the, and its passions, whence, 478, 40;
the, and raiment, 438, 48;
to be cared for, 409, 33;
with head off, 537, 12;
without spirit, 474, 22

=Boldly=, ventured, half done, 115, 52

=Boldness=, commended, 26, 50;
empty, 219, 55

=Bond=, who breaks his, 550, 38

=Bonfires=, risk of crowding round, 345, 10

=Book=, a, a book, 488, 42;
a bad, 208, 2;
a, digressions in, Swift and Sterne on, 68, 11, 12;
a, difficulty in composing, 185, 40;
a good, destruction of, high treason, 19, 16;
a good, value of, 283, 27;
a good, who kills, 552, 4;
a great, great, 7, 9;
a hieroglyphical, 283, 2;
a true, the virtue of, 562, 1;
a wise man's, defined, 540, 27;
an effective, 171, 1;
and head in collision, 541, 40;
as a friend, 505, 29;
every, written for a special public, 90, 17;
good, Milton's definition, 6, 40;
good, to read, 90, 16;
great, great evil, 272, 15;
how to render, lasting, 493, 3;
how serviceable, 301, 14;
how written down, 301, 16;
injurious, author of, 150, 47;
last thing in writing, 438, 9;
lifetime of, 22, 25;
love of a, 147, 49;
main worth of, 189, 30;
man of one, 37, 20; 125, 27;
no, so bad as not to yield some good, 299, 1;
no, useless, 318, 37;
on what condition readable, 313, 3;
projecting, sweeter than making, 167, 30;
right use of, 496, 37;
test of worth in, 301, 14, 15;
that time has criticised, 533, 39;
the rule in writing a, 171, 30;
the true value of a man's, 459, 14;
to learn wisdom from, 464, 18;
true, the writer of, 145, 35;
what makes a good, 489, 2;
what must be behind a, 477, 12;
without stomach for, 565, 17;
worth buying, 171, 2;
worth or unworth of, independent of style, 481, 42;
writer of, a world-preacher, 465, 42

=Bookish= knowledge in heads of fools, 108, 62

=Books=, a lover of, happiness of, 305, 14;
a substantialworld, 73, 2;
about books, 472, 1;
advantage of buying, 296, 56;
and brains, as possessions, 520, 23;
and conversation, 332, 3;
and nature, both belong to the seeing eye, 290, 29;
and the heart, 434, 14;
and the world, 477, 33;
as records, 10, 35;
as superseding gossip, 139, 16;
bad, not to be read, 29, 36;
big, how made, 284, 44;
borrowed, 450, 46;
castrating, 36, 43;
clever, 300, 25;
comparative insignificance of, 538, 15;
compared with observation, 323, 37;
consoling power of, 201, 49;
contain soul of the past, 185, 15;
Cowley to his, 44, 47;
critics of, at present, 476, 29;
demoralising, 521, 12;
diverse motives for reading, 398, 44;
eloquence and dumb presagers, 321, 10;
estimates of, at different ages, 8, 53;
evil of too many, 69, 46;
famous, some not worth reading, 398, 30;
good, few and chosen, 129, 6;
great actions, 91, 14;
have their destinies, 137, 54;
help from, 479, 1;
in science and literature, to read, 189, 42;
judged by sensations, 269, 37;
Martial on, 406, 47;
mental food, 224, 21;
mottoes to, worthlessness of, 489, 15;
never referred to, 526, 2;
never to be borrowed, 296, 56;
nine-tenths nonsense, 300, 25;
no end of making, 325, 7;
not permissible, 269, 15;
not so instructive as life, 52, 33;
not to be underrated or overrated, 304, 45;
of most value, 271, 16;
old and famed, why we should read, 487, 49;
old, compared with new, 327, 12;
old, converse with, 553, 11;
only thing of value in, 315, 30;
our, characterised, 377, 19;
parcel of well chosen, suggestiveness of, 446, 44;
point in regard to, 448, 21;
prized above a dukedom, 220, 9;
professorship of, desiderated, 301, 18;
quality required in, 1, 50;
reading of, that benefits, 204, 32;
reason of success of many, 268, 44;
sayings about, 397, 45, 46; 398, 1, 2;
scholars, and printers, 236, 14;
study of, contrasted with conversation, 455, 41;
study of, no guarantee of wisdom, 483, 11;
success of many, accounted for, 456, 13;
that have come down, 335, 18;
that help most, 419, 1;
that warp to be shunned, 166, 20;
the best effect of, 417, 35;
the channel of wisdom, 86, 20;
the titles of, their importance, 297, 34;
their use and uselessness, Goethe on, 440, 35;
to be loved early, 151, 40;
to be read only by advice, 567, 24;
value of, 1, 49;
which we learn from, 528, 4;
without thought, 340, 9;
worth reading, 567, 42

=Bored=, one must get used to being, 179, 31

=Bores=, all men, at times, 9, 60;
Voltaire on, 498, 22

=Boring=, the secret of, 235, 8

=Born=, fate of everything, 475, 10;
the gently, on both sides, blood of, 542, 25

=Borrower=, his creditor, 419, 2

=Borrowing=, caution against, 294, 36, 37;
forbidden, 251, 57;
rule in, 32, 6;
the lesson of, 353, 37

=Bosom= in one's, a host, 109, 45

=Boswells= rarer than Johnsons, 213, 9

=Boudier's= epitaph, 209, 43

=Bounty=, an autumn, 110, 2;
diffused too widely, 337, 20

=Bourbons=, the, Talleyrand on, 182, 20

=Bow=, Apollo's, not always bent, 295, 35;
overstrained, 11, 9;
test of strength of, 205, 29

=Bowers= of bliss, conveyed to, 311, 48

=Boy=, a happy, 140, 18;
the generous, 551, 19

=Boys=, the purity of, to be guarded, 299, 35;
training of, Plato on, 71, 35;
value to, of address and accomplishments, 122, 47

=Braggards=, greatest cowards, 432, 6

=Brain=, added, difficulty added, 557, 10;
coinage of, 482, 1;
overwrought, 558, 21;
product of, its quality, 540, 28

=Brains=, cannot be given, 164, 37;
our, seventy year clocks, 337, 21;
when the, are out, 457, 43; 480, 32

=Brave=, man, discourse of a, 2, 7;
man, and his word, 90, 19;
man, mark of, 419, 10;
man, may not yield, 113, 2;
man, the portion of, 382, 10;
man, unselfish, 59, 45;
man, yields to brave, 113, 4;
men, favoured by fortune, 113, 20;
men, generated by brave, 112, 48;
spirit, in adversity, 2, 8;
the, prodigality of, 48, 60;
youth, training of, 90, 20

=Bravery=, calm, 113, 3;
deeds of past, hard to appreciate, 90, 18;
far off, fear at hand, 42, 21;
incompatible with dread of pain, 303, 5;
often, in not attempting, 313, 13;
seen in perils, 38, 42;
the greatest, 410, 45;
true, characterised, 499, 40;
unyielding, 113, 2;
value of, 88, 6

=Bravest=, tenderest, 419, 11

=Bread=, a crust of, and liberty, 123, 10;
cast on waters, 36, 44, 45;
how to earn one's, 260, 49, 50;
miraculous, 321, 8;
provision of, 150, 21

=Breast=, human, without windows, 291, 11

=Breath=, a, power of, 2, 9;
our first, beginning of death, 428, 7

=Breathe=, freely, how to, 237, 40

=Breathing=, as inhaling and exhaling, 185, 16

=Breed=, in man, importance of, 95, 7

=Breeding=, effect of, on a man, 419, 13;
fine, merit of, 471, 21;
good, marks of, 403, 12;
good, value of, 409, 31;
high, contrasted with good, 129, 9;
more than birth, 30, 25;
the time of, 457, 45;
wise, nowhere, 557, 46

=Brevity=, danger of, 32, 33

=Brighter= from obscurity, 84, 7

=Brilliancy=, affectation of, 334, 30

=Brink= near destruction, 496, 30

=British= nation, the character of, 419, 14

=Britons=, the, Virgil on, 344, 39

=Broken= heart, dying of, 160, 51

=Brother=, friend, provided by nature, 503, 23

=Brotherhood=, the only possible, 472, 13

=Brothers=, effect of good, on sisters, 529, 22;
ever brothers, 301, 32;
wrath of, 465, 37

=Brow=, open, open heart, 79, 32

=Browning's= faith and hope, 209, 26

=Brute, et tu=, 88, 47

=Brutes=, lessons they teach, 523, 35

=Bubble= reputation, the, 20, 3

=Bubbles=, fate and tragic end of all, 9, 13

=Buckets=, dropping, into empty wells, 57, 1

=Bud=, opening, to heaven conveyed, 84, 26

=Buddhist=, Nature no, 292, 33

=Builder=, better than the building, 414, 30

=Building=, and its foundation, 439, 28;
effect of, on purse, 41, 17;
too low, 497, 34;
up, man's joy, 312, 36

=Bullet=, every, its billet, 90, 21

=Bungling=, hateful, 166, 30

=Bunyan=, in, personifications, 191, 28;
to readers of his Pilgrim, 115, 1

=Burden=, a, cheerfully borne, 419, 17;
a man's, known only to himself, 306, 15;
a willing, 36, 16;
cast off, another to bear, 175, 35;
known only to bearer, 319, 32;
light, 244, 28; 288, 27;
respect the, 374, 47;
laid on by necessity, 132, 43

=Burdens=, laid on and lifted off by God, 185, 16

=Bureaucracy=, tendency of, 2, 29

=Burgher=, the civilized, mark of, 346, 30

=Buried=, the, for this world, 117, 42

=Burns=, ambition of, 122, 24;
Carlyle on, 338, 48; 389, 43; 556, 16;
Carlyle's vindication of, 131, 13;
his charity, 466, 13;
his preference of wit to wealth, 122, 28;
his real hardship, 161, 28;
his respect for truth, 494, 38;
his inspiring idea, 123, 14;
on effect of sin on the heart, 168, 49;
reflections of, on his life, 161, 38;
songs of, 454, 29;
wish of, at the plough, 89, 34

=Burns=, prayer for humanity, 466, 15;
songs, Carlyle of, 251, 10

=Burnt= child dreads the fire, 4, 62

=Business=, and desire, every man hath, 92, 1;
and economy of time, 443, 11;
as a man's puppet, 140, 17;
contrasted with idleness, 436, 25;
defined, 237, 42;
definition of, 260, 2;
diligent in, 385, 16;
effect of, 237, 43;
how to deal with, 73, 15;
minding one's own, 175, 9;
now war, 212, 34;
one thing, generosity another, 169, 12;
other people's, attending to, 8, 17-19, 27, 36;
other's, _versus_ own, 158, 45;
our grand, not seeing but doing, 338, 6;
inattention to, 13, 6;
_versus_ amusement, 173, 18;
we love, 491, 13;
what is everybody's, 536, 8;
with men above it, 105, 23

=Bust=, animated, hollowness of, 35, 20

=Bustle=, and quiet, 443, 12

=Busy=, aversion of, to idle, 177, 50

"=But=," sneaking, evasive, &c., 302, 37;
the inventor of, 60, 30

"=But yet=," fie upon, 165, 45

"=Buts=," the modifying, 9, 2

=Butter=, bad, salted, 478, 2

=Buyer=, need of, for eyes, 111, 13;
requirements in, 217, 12;
requires a hundred eyes, 41, 10

=Buyers= and sellers, 181, 24

=Buying= and asking, 217, 13;
and selling, Spanish proverb on, 470, 28;
better than borrowing, 29, 18;
not begging, 81, 23;
prudence in, 33, 43;
the rule in, 176, 31;
what one cannot pay, 41, 9

=Byron=, his real hardship, 161, 28;
the poetry of, 387, 4

=Byron's=, feelings for those that love and those that hate him, 155, 20;
greatest grief, 110, 39;
last words, 167, 56