World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... duties of active life ; for after all is done , it is action only that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.— Cicero ADVERSARIES , THEIR GOOD DEEDS . - A generous , a brave , a noble deed , performed by an adversary , commands ...
... duties of active life ; for after all is done , it is action only that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.— Cicero ADVERSARIES , THEIR GOOD DEEDS . - A generous , a brave , a noble deed , performed by an adversary , commands ...
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... duties or meditations without any relaxation . ANATOMY . - Whoever considers the study of anatomy , I believe , will never be an atheist ; the frame of man's body , and coherence of his parts , being so strange and paradoxal , that I ...
... duties or meditations without any relaxation . ANATOMY . - Whoever considers the study of anatomy , I believe , will never be an atheist ; the frame of man's body , and coherence of his parts , being so strange and paradoxal , that I ...
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... duty ; then for benevolence , or the spirit of kindness and good - will to men ; and last , but not least , for piety towards God , or an affectionate reverent regard for the will and glory of the great Jehovah . - Hawes . CHARACTER ...
... duty ; then for benevolence , or the spirit of kindness and good - will to men ; and last , but not least , for piety towards God , or an affectionate reverent regard for the will and glory of the great Jehovah . - Hawes . CHARACTER ...
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... duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct , that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare . Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good understandings : cunning THE WORLDS LACONICS . 59.
... duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct , that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare . Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good understandings : cunning THE WORLDS LACONICS . 59.
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... duty and conscience . D. DAY , A FINE.- ' -There is nothing more universally com- mended than a fine day ; the reason is , that people can com mend it without envy . - Shenstone . DEATH . - Death is like thunder in two particulars : we ...
... duty and conscience . D. DAY , A FINE.- ' -There is nothing more universally com- mended than a fine day ; the reason is , that people can com mend it without envy . - Shenstone . DEATH . - Death is like thunder in two particulars : we ...
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