World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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Page v
... things that have been . The man who makes a book that has in it a principle of true intellectual vitality , -a book that contains glorious thoughts that can not die , and that may become the elements of mighty power in the minds of ...
... things that have been . The man who makes a book that has in it a principle of true intellectual vitality , -a book that contains glorious thoughts that can not die , and that may become the elements of mighty power in the minds of ...
Page viii
... things which do not deserve to be perpetuated ; but in this volume it is intended that nothing should find a place that is not fitted to improve the intellect or the heart , or both - nothing that will not tend to make the reader both ...
... things which do not deserve to be perpetuated ; but in this volume it is intended that nothing should find a place that is not fitted to improve the intellect or the heart , or both - nothing that will not tend to make the reader both ...
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... things they understand not , and out of vanity and morosity contract a pride that never departs from them whilst they are alive , and they die in an opinion that they have left none wiser behind them , though they have left none behind ...
... things they understand not , and out of vanity and morosity contract a pride that never departs from them whilst they are alive , and they die in an opinion that they have left none wiser behind them , though they have left none behind ...
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... things it is unattainable ; however , they who aim at it , and persevere , will come much nearer to it , than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattain- able.- Chesterfield . ALLEGORIES - Allegories , when ...
... things it is unattainable ; however , they who aim at it , and persevere , will come much nearer to it , than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattain- able.- Chesterfield . ALLEGORIES - Allegories , when ...
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... thing in their mouths ; to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest , and to make a good ... things are which we court . - Sir P. Sidney . AMUSEMENT.It is doing some service to humanity to amuse innocently ...
... thing in their mouths ; to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest , and to make a good ... things are which we court . - Sir P. Sidney . AMUSEMENT.It is doing some service to humanity to amuse innocently ...
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