World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... sharpens our skill . Our antago- nist is our helper . This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object , and compels us to consider it in all its relations . THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 13.
... sharpens our skill . Our antago- nist is our helper . This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object , and compels us to consider it in all its relations . THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 13.
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... consider it in all its relations . It will not suffer us to be superficial .-- Burke . ADVERSITY TRIES US . - Adversity is the trial of principle . Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not . -Fielding . ADVERSITY , WHAT ...
... consider it in all its relations . It will not suffer us to be superficial .-- Burke . ADVERSITY TRIES US . - Adversity is the trial of principle . Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not . -Fielding . ADVERSITY , WHAT ...
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... consider , that as soon as he was so , he quitted our profession , and turned builder.- Cow- ley . AIM HIGH - Aim at perfection in everything , though in most things it is unattainable ; however , they who aim at it , and persevere ...
... consider , that as soon as he was so , he quitted our profession , and turned builder.- Cow- ley . AIM HIGH - Aim at perfection in everything , though in most things it is unattainable ; however , they who aim at it , and persevere ...
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... considers the study of anatomy , I believe , will never be an atheist ; the frame of man's body , and coherence of his parts , being so strange and paradoxal , that I hold it to be the greatest miracle of nature ; though when all is ...
... considers the study of anatomy , I believe , will never be an atheist ; the frame of man's body , and coherence of his parts , being so strange and paradoxal , that I hold it to be the greatest miracle of nature ; though when all is ...
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... consider they are only trustees for what they possess , and should show their wealth to be more in doing good , than merely in having it . They should not reserve their benevolence for purposes after they are dead , for those who give ...
... consider they are only trustees for what they possess , and should show their wealth to be more in doing good , than merely in having it . They should not reserve their benevolence for purposes after they are dead , for those who give ...
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