World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... blessing : that is , a conscience not only quick to dis- cern what is evil , but instantly to shun it , as the eyelid closes itself against a mote.- T. Adams . - CONSCIENCE , A WITNESS . - Conscience has strictly nothing to do as a ...
... blessing : that is , a conscience not only quick to dis- cern what is evil , but instantly to shun it , as the eyelid closes itself against a mote.- T. Adams . - CONSCIENCE , A WITNESS . - Conscience has strictly nothing to do as a ...
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... blessing to possess what one wishes , " said some one to an ancient philosopher , who replied , " It's a greater blessing still , not 48 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... blessing to possess what one wishes , " said some one to an ancient philosopher , who replied , " It's a greater blessing still , not 48 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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... blessing still , not to desire what one does not possess . " CONTENTMENT : -A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires , it ...
... blessing still , not to desire what one does not possess . " CONTENTMENT : -A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires , it ...
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... blessing , and essential to the continuance and progress of summer and winter , seed - time and harvest . - T . Edwards . CONTRARIETIES OF THE BIBLE .-- The origin of all the contrarieties in Scripture is found in a Deity humbled to the ...
... blessing , and essential to the continuance and progress of summer and winter , seed - time and harvest . - T . Edwards . CONTRARIETIES OF THE BIBLE .-- The origin of all the contrarieties in Scripture is found in a Deity humbled to the ...
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... blessed- ness of another life , much to fear death which is the neces sary passage thereto . - Sir H. Vane . DEATH , WHEN NEAR.— . -A good man , when dying , once said , Formerly death appeared to me like a wide river , but now it has ...
... blessed- ness of another life , much to fear death which is the neces sary passage thereto . - Sir H. Vane . DEATH , WHEN NEAR.— . -A good man , when dying , once said , Formerly death appeared to me like a wide river , but now it has ...
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