World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... truth to which its introduce us . pages There is something ennobling in the thought , that we are here brought in contact with a great and dignified assem blage of illustrious minds , chiefly of the past , INTRODUCTION . vii.
... truth to which its introduce us . pages There is something ennobling in the thought , that we are here brought in contact with a great and dignified assem blage of illustrious minds , chiefly of the past , INTRODUCTION . vii.
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... truth is not at the bottom , nature will al- ways be endeavoring to return , and will peep out and betray herself one time or other .-- Tillotson . — ACTIONS . The actions of men are like the index of a book ; they point out what is ...
... truth is not at the bottom , nature will al- ways be endeavoring to return , and will peep out and betray herself one time or other .-- Tillotson . — ACTIONS . The actions of men are like the index of a book ; they point out what is ...
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... truths should be de- livered in the softest terms , and expressed no farther than is necessary to produce their due ... truth , " is like honey put round the brim T -C en to be Merity , not ciple . not . own self . or as 14 THE WORLD'S ...
... truths should be de- livered in the softest terms , and expressed no farther than is necessary to produce their due ... truth , " is like honey put round the brim T -C en to be Merity , not ciple . not . own self . or as 14 THE WORLD'S ...
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... truth they are the very same they practised as long as they were able ; they talk much of their observation and experience , in order to be obeyed in things they understand not , and out of vanity and morosity contract a pride that ...
... truth they are the very same they practised as long as they were able ; they talk much of their observation and experience , in order to be obeyed in things they understand not , and out of vanity and morosity contract a pride that ...
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... truth in their breasts , and show , like jugglers , another thing in their mouths ; to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest , and to make a good countenance without the help of a good will . - Sallust ...
... truth in their breasts , and show , like jugglers , another thing in their mouths ; to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest , and to make a good countenance without the help of a good will . - Sallust ...
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