World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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Tryon Edwards. AFFLICTION , HOW TO BE RECEIVED . - We should feel sor row , but not sink under its oppression ; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror , which reflects every object without being sullied by any . - Confucius ...
Tryon Edwards. AFFLICTION , HOW TO BE RECEIVED . - We should feel sor row , but not sink under its oppression ; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror , which reflects every object without being sullied by any . - Confucius ...
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... feel- ings produce , and the most extensive knowledge cannot al- ways remove . — Mackenzie . BEAUTY . Socrates called beauty a short - lived tyranny ; Plato , a privilege of nature ; Theophrastus , a silent cheat ; Theocritus , a ...
... feel- ings produce , and the most extensive knowledge cannot al- ways remove . — Mackenzie . BEAUTY . Socrates called beauty a short - lived tyranny ; Plato , a privilege of nature ; Theophrastus , a silent cheat ; Theocritus , a ...
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... feeling for the welfare of the whole.- Cumberland . CHARITY , DEFINITION OF .-- Mahomet's definition of charity , says Irving , in his life of the prophet , embraced the wide circle of all possible kindness . Every good act , he would ...
... feeling for the welfare of the whole.- Cumberland . CHARITY , DEFINITION OF .-- Mahomet's definition of charity , says Irving , in his life of the prophet , embraced the wide circle of all possible kindness . Every good act , he would ...
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... feel their sufferings and taste their enjoyments as much as if they were their own . — Palm- er's Aphorisms . - CHILDREN AND PARENTS.- " Let all children remember , " says Dr. Dwight , " if ever they are weary of laboring for their ...
... feel their sufferings and taste their enjoyments as much as if they were their own . — Palm- er's Aphorisms . - CHILDREN AND PARENTS.- " Let all children remember , " says Dr. Dwight , " if ever they are weary of laboring for their ...
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... feel , though he believes himself united to God ! How far is , he from abjectness , when he ranks himself with the worms of the earth . - Pascal . CHURCH , SLEEPING IN . - It is a shame when the church itself is a cemetery , where the ...
... feel , though he believes himself united to God ! How far is , he from abjectness , when he ranks himself with the worms of the earth . - Pascal . CHURCH , SLEEPING IN . - It is a shame when the church itself is a cemetery , where the ...
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