World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... praise with censure ; deference and respect , with the authority of admo- nition , so far as can be done in consistence with probity and honor . For the mind revolts against all censorian power , which displays pride or pleasure in ...
... praise with censure ; deference and respect , with the authority of admo- nition , so far as can be done in consistence with probity and honor . For the mind revolts against all censorian power , which displays pride or pleasure in ...
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... praise , will seldom arrive at anf degree of perfection . The way to acquire lasting esteem , is not by the fewness of a writer's faults , but the greatness of his beauties , and our noblest works are generally most repleto with both ...
... praise , will seldom arrive at anf degree of perfection . The way to acquire lasting esteem , is not by the fewness of a writer's faults , but the greatness of his beauties , and our noblest works are generally most repleto with both ...
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... praise of contradiction from others . BOOKS - Books are standing counsellors and preachers , always at hand , and always disinterested ; having this ad- vantage over oral instructors , that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often ...
... praise of contradiction from others . BOOKS - Books are standing counsellors and preachers , always at hand , and always disinterested ; having this ad- vantage over oral instructors , that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often ...
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Tryon Edwards. CENSURE OF OTHERS . - All censure of others , is oblique praise of self . It is uttered in order to show how much the speaker can bear . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise , and all the reproach of falsehood ...
Tryon Edwards. CENSURE OF OTHERS . - All censure of others , is oblique praise of self . It is uttered in order to show how much the speaker can bear . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise , and all the reproach of falsehood ...
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... IT . The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise , are good nature , truth , good sense , and good breeding.— Ad- dison . ETERNITY . - The most momentous concern of man , 86 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... IT . The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise , are good nature , truth , good sense , and good breeding.— Ad- dison . ETERNITY . - The most momentous concern of man , 86 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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