World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... Pope . ABUSE - Cato , being scurrilously treated by a low and vicious fellow , quietly said to him , " A contest between us is very unequal , for thou canst bear ill language with ease , and return it with pleasure ; and to me it is ...
... Pope . ABUSE - Cato , being scurrilously treated by a low and vicious fellow , quietly said to him , " A contest between us is very unequal , for thou canst bear ill language with ease , and return it with pleasure ; and to me it is ...
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... Pope . AGE , OLD , CENSORIOUS . - Age , though it too often consists only in length of days ; in the aged having lived longer , and not in their having had a more valuable experience of life than those who are much younger , is ...
... Pope . AGE , OLD , CENSORIOUS . - Age , though it too often consists only in length of days ; in the aged having lived longer , and not in their having had a more valuable experience of life than those who are much younger , is ...
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... Pope . ANGER , ITS IMPOTENCE . - Anger is the most impotent passion that accompanies the mind of man ; it effects noth- ing it goes about ; and hurts the man who is possessed by it more than any other against whom it is directed.— Clar ...
... Pope . ANGER , ITS IMPOTENCE . - Anger is the most impotent passion that accompanies the mind of man ; it effects noth- ing it goes about ; and hurts the man who is possessed by it more than any other against whom it is directed.— Clar ...
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... Pope . ATHEIST , HIS CHARACTER . - A traveller amid the scenery of the Alps , surrounded by the sublimest demonstrations of God's power , had the hardihood to write against his name , in an album kept for visitors , " An atheist ...
... Pope . ATHEIST , HIS CHARACTER . - A traveller amid the scenery of the Alps , surrounded by the sublimest demonstrations of God's power , had the hardihood to write against his name , in an album kept for visitors , " An atheist ...
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... Pope . AUTHORITY . - Nothing more impairs authority than a too frequent or indiscreet use of it . If thunder itself was to be continual , it would excite no more terror than the noise of a mill . AUTHORSHIP . - There are three ...
... Pope . AUTHORITY . - Nothing more impairs authority than a too frequent or indiscreet use of it . If thunder itself was to be continual , it would excite no more terror than the noise of a mill . AUTHORSHIP . - There are three ...
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