World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... ACTIONS . The actions of men are like the index of a book ; they point out what is most remarkable in them . ACTIONS , GOOD . - Any one may do a casual act of good nature , but a continuation of them shows it is a part of the ...
... ACTIONS . The actions of men are like the index of a book ; they point out what is most remarkable in them . ACTIONS , GOOD . - Any one may do a casual act of good nature , but a continuation of them shows it is a part of the ...
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... action : like an impudent debtor , who goes every day to talk familiarly to his creditor , without ever paying what he owes . — Pope . ATHEIST , HIS CHARACTER . - A traveller amid the scenery of the Alps , surrounded by the sublimest ...
... action : like an impudent debtor , who goes every day to talk familiarly to his creditor , without ever paying what he owes . — Pope . ATHEIST , HIS CHARACTER . - A traveller amid the scenery of the Alps , surrounded by the sublimest ...
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... action of a man's life . - Sidney . BENEVOLENCE.- He who receives a good turn should never forget it he who does one , should never remember it.— Charron . --Cul One day that he erstand of any that of 26 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... action of a man's life . - Sidney . BENEVOLENCE.- He who receives a good turn should never forget it he who does one , should never remember it.— Charron . --Cul One day that he erstand of any that of 26 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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... action . - Hawes . CHARACTER , ITS DELICACY . - A fair reputation is a plant , delicate in its nature , and by no means rapid in its ... Actions , looks , words , steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 37.
... action . - Hawes . CHARACTER , ITS DELICACY . - A fair reputation is a plant , delicate in its nature , and by no means rapid in its ... Actions , looks , words , steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 37.
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... actions after they are done by the event ; wise men beforehand , by the rules of reason and right . The former look to the end , to judge of the act . Let me look to the act , and leave the end with God . — Bishop Hale . CONFIDENCE ...
... actions after they are done by the event ; wise men beforehand , by the rules of reason and right . The former look to the end , to judge of the act . Let me look to the act , and leave the end with God . — Bishop Hale . CONFIDENCE ...
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