World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... mean approbation . Colton . ADVICE OF FRIENDS . - The advice of our friends must be attended to with a judicious reserve ; we must not give our- selves up to it , and blindly follow their determination , right or wrong . - Charron ...
... mean approbation . Colton . ADVICE OF FRIENDS . - The advice of our friends must be attended to with a judicious reserve ; we must not give our- selves up to it , and blindly follow their determination , right or wrong . - Charron ...
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... it is directed.— Clar endon . ANGER , ITS PREVENTION . - To rule one's prevent it is better . - Edwards . A LAS ira A 28 ABO ers F Out bar Sa anger is well ; tel to ANTIQUARIANISM . - I do by no means advise you 20 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... it is directed.— Clar endon . ANGER , ITS PREVENTION . - To rule one's prevent it is better . - Edwards . A LAS ira A 28 ABO ers F Out bar Sa anger is well ; tel to ANTIQUARIANISM . - I do by no means advise you 20 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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Tryon Edwards. ANTIQUARIANISM . - I do by no means advise you to throw away your time , in ransacking , like a dull antiquarian , the minute and unimportant parts of remote and fabulous times . Let blockheads read , what blockheads wrote ...
Tryon Edwards. ANTIQUARIANISM . - I do by no means advise you to throw away your time , in ransacking , like a dull antiquarian , the minute and unimportant parts of remote and fabulous times . Let blockheads read , what blockheads wrote ...
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... means to be gen- erous , yet some are not so , but they should consider they are only trustees for what they possess , and should show their wealth to be more in doing good , than merely in having it . They should not reserve their ...
... means to be gen- erous , yet some are not so , but they should consider they are only trustees for what they possess , and should show their wealth to be more in doing good , than merely in having it . They should not reserve their ...
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... means rapid in its growth . It will not shoot up in a night like the gourd of the prophet , but like that gourd it may perish in a night . — Taylor . CHARACTER , ITS MANIFESTATION .-- Actions , looks , words , steps , form the alphabet ...
... means rapid in its growth . It will not shoot up in a night like the gourd of the prophet , but like that gourd it may perish in a night . — Taylor . CHARACTER , ITS MANIFESTATION .-- Actions , looks , words , steps , form the alphabet ...
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