World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... temper of the highest hearts , like the palm - tree , to strive most upwards , when it is most bur- thened . Sir P. Sidney . AFFLICTION , OUR THOUGHTS IN . - We should always record our thoughts in affliction : set up way - marks , that ...
... temper of the highest hearts , like the palm - tree , to strive most upwards , when it is most bur- thened . Sir P. Sidney . AFFLICTION , OUR THOUGHTS IN . - We should always record our thoughts in affliction : set up way - marks , that ...
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... tempers who want mirth to be pleased , are like the constitutions that flag without the use of brandy .-- Steele . CHEERFULNESS AND ... temper , joined with innocence , will make beauty attractive , knowledge de THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 39.
... tempers who want mirth to be pleased , are like the constitutions that flag without the use of brandy .-- Steele . CHEERFULNESS AND ... temper , joined with innocence , will make beauty attractive , knowledge de THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 39.
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... temper ; but he is more excellent , who can suit his temper to any circumstances . - Hume . CIRCUMSTANCES , THEIR EFFECT ON CHARACTER . - Circum- stances form the character ; but like petrifying matters , they harden while they form ...
... temper ; but he is more excellent , who can suit his temper to any circumstances . - Hume . CIRCUMSTANCES , THEIR EFFECT ON CHARACTER . - Circum- stances form the character ; but like petrifying matters , they harden while they form ...
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... temper and calmness of spirit ; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very counte- nance . - Ray on the Creation . COUNSEL . - There is as much difference between the coun- sel that a friend giveth ...
... temper and calmness of spirit ; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very counte- nance . - Ray on the Creation . COUNSEL . - There is as much difference between the coun- sel that a friend giveth ...
Page 97
... tempers , lying in ambuscade among the dishes . Nature de- lights in the most plain and simple diet . Every animal , but man , keeps to one dish . Herbs are the food of this species , fish of that , and flesh of a third . Man falls upon ...
... tempers , lying in ambuscade among the dishes . Nature de- lights in the most plain and simple diet . Every animal , but man , keeps to one dish . Herbs are the food of this species , fish of that , and flesh of a third . Man falls upon ...
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