World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... heart , or both - nothing that will not tend to make the reader both wiser and better . The work will be found especially valuable as a book of reference ; and the more so , as the subjects are alphabetically arranged , so as to make ...
... heart , or both - nothing that will not tend to make the reader both wiser and better . The work will be found especially valuable as a book of reference ; and the more so , as the subjects are alphabetically arranged , so as to make ...
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... heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror , which reflects every object without being sullied by any ... hearts , like the palm - tree , to strive most upwards , when it is most bur- thened . - Sir P. Sidney . AFFLICTION , OUR ...
... heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror , which reflects every object without being sullied by any ... hearts , like the palm - tree , to strive most upwards , when it is most bur- thened . - Sir P. Sidney . AFFLICTION , OUR ...
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... heart , the fulness of my hope , the clarifier of my affec- tions , the mirror of my thoughts , the consoler of my sorrows , the guide of my soul through this gloomy labyrinth of time , the telescope sent from heaven to reveal to the ...
... heart , the fulness of my hope , the clarifier of my affec- tions , the mirror of my thoughts , the consoler of my sorrows , the guide of my soul through this gloomy labyrinth of time , the telescope sent from heaven to reveal to the ...
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... heart renders to God for his goodness : Christian cheerful- ness is the external manifestation of that homage . CHEERFULNESS , ITS EFFECTS . - A cheerful temper , joined with innocence , will make beauty attractive , knowledge de THE ...
... heart renders to God for his goodness : Christian cheerful- ness is the external manifestation of that homage . CHEERFULNESS , ITS EFFECTS . - A cheerful temper , joined with innocence , will make beauty attractive , knowledge de THE ...
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... heart , it grows into the very sub- stance of the soul , so that it accompanies a man to his grave ; he never outlives it , and that for this cause only , because he cannot outlive himself . - South . CONSCIENCE , FIRST AND LAST ...
... heart , it grows into the very sub- stance of the soul , so that it accompanies a man to his grave ; he never outlives it , and that for this cause only , because he cannot outlive himself . - South . CONSCIENCE , FIRST AND LAST ...
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