CONVERSATION. 'In conversation you never get a system,' ii. 361;
'We had talk enough, but no conversation,' iv. 186.
COUNT. 'He had to count ten, and he has counted it right,' ii. 65; 'When the judgment is so disturbed that a man cannot count, that is pretty well,' iv. 176.
COUNTING. 'A man is often as narrow as he is prodigal for want of counting,' iv. 4, n. 4.
COUNTRY. 'They who are content to live in the country are fit for the country,' iv. 338.
Cow. 'A cow is a very good animal in the field but we turn her out of
a garden,' ii. 187;
'My dear Sir, I would confine myself to the cow' (Blair), v. 396, n. 4;
'Nay, Sir, if you cannot talk better as a man, I'd have you bellow
like a cow,' v. 396.
COWARDICE. 'Mutual cowardice keeps us in peace,' iii. 326;
'Such is the cowardice of a commercial place,' iii. 429.
COXCOMB. 'He is a coxcomb, but a satisfactory coxcomb'(Hamilton),
iii. 245, n. i;
'Once a coxcomb and always a coxcomb,' ii. 129.
CRAZY. 'Sir, there is no trusting to that crazy piety,' ii. 473.
Crédulité. 'La Crédulité des incrédules' (Lord Hailes), v. 332.
CRITICISM. 'Blown about by every wind of criticism,' iv. 319.