World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... AFFECTIONS . The affections , like the conscience , are rath- er to be led than driven ; and it is to be feared that they who marry where they do not love , will love where they do not marry . - Fuller . AFFLICTION . — Affliction is a ...
... AFFECTIONS . The affections , like the conscience , are rath- er to be led than driven ; and it is to be feared that they who marry where they do not love , will love where they do not marry . - Fuller . AFFLICTION . — Affliction is a ...
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... affection perisheth when it is satisfied . - Sir W. Raleigh - to his son . BEAUTY IN FEMALES.- -No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone , any more than she can be witty only by the help of speech . - Hughes . BELIEF . He ...
... affection perisheth when it is satisfied . - Sir W. Raleigh - to his son . BEAUTY IN FEMALES.- -No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone , any more than she can be witty only by the help of speech . - Hughes . BELIEF . He ...
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... affections of the people , that the wildest storms of treason and fanaticism break over it in vain.-R. C. Win throp . CONTEMPLATION .-- There is a sweet pleasure in contem plation ; and when a man hath run through a set of vanities in ...
... affections of the people , that the wildest storms of treason and fanaticism break over it in vain.-R. C. Win throp . CONTEMPLATION .-- There is a sweet pleasure in contem plation ; and when a man hath run through a set of vanities in ...
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... affections , as they differ in judgment ; and the contention which began in pride , ends in anger.― Cato . DISAPPOINTMENT . - It is generally known , that he who ex- pects much will be often disappointed ; yet disappointment seldom ...
... affections , as they differ in judgment ; and the contention which began in pride , ends in anger.― Cato . DISAPPOINTMENT . - It is generally known , that he who ex- pects much will be often disappointed ; yet disappointment seldom ...
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... affections from heaven , and raises rebel- lion against God himself , it is worth our utmost care to watch it in all its disguises and approaches , that we may dis- cover it in its first entrance , and dislodge it before it pro- cures a ...
... affections from heaven , and raises rebel- lion against God himself , it is worth our utmost care to watch it in all its disguises and approaches , that we may dis- cover it in its first entrance , and dislodge it before it pro- cures a ...
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