World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... greatest minds , as well as those of a less lofty type , have their happy moments , in which they put forth their best efforts ; and a collection of these rare thoughts , is , of course , nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems ...
... greatest minds , as well as those of a less lofty type , have their happy moments , in which they put forth their best efforts ; and a collection of these rare thoughts , is , of course , nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems ...
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... greatest miracle of nature ; though when all is done I do not find she hath made it so much as proof against one disease , lest she should be thought to have made it no less than a prison to the soul . - Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury ...
... greatest miracle of nature ; though when all is done I do not find she hath made it so much as proof against one disease , lest she should be thought to have made it no less than a prison to the soul . - Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury ...
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... greatest . True nobility is derived from virtue , not from birth . Titles , indeed , may be purchased ; but vir- tue is the only coin that makes the bargain valid . - Burton . BIRTH . - What is birth to a man , if it shall be a stain to ...
... greatest . True nobility is derived from virtue , not from birth . Titles , indeed , may be purchased ; but vir- tue is the only coin that makes the bargain valid . - Burton . BIRTH . - What is birth to a man , if it shall be a stain to ...
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... greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth , to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men ; and thereafter to confine , imprison , and do sharpest justice on them as male- factors ; for books are not ...
... greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth , to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men ; and thereafter to confine , imprison , and do sharpest justice on them as male- factors ; for books are not ...
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... greatest cities ! The necessaries of life do not occasion , at most , a third part of the hurry . - Bruyere . CITY AND COUNTRY . - In the country , a man's mind is free and easy , discharged and at his own disposal ; but in the city ...
... greatest cities ! The necessaries of life do not occasion , at most , a third part of the hurry . - Bruyere . CITY AND COUNTRY . - In the country , a man's mind is free and easy , discharged and at his own disposal ; but in the city ...
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