World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page 27
... 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 eye of man the amazing ...
... 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 eye of man the amazing ...
Page 36
... way . Every fear and hope will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs , will appear rather to resist the decrees of Providence itself , than the mere 35 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... way . Every fear and hope will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs , will appear rather to resist the decrees of Providence itself , than the mere 35 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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... hope and joy is real riches ; one to fear and sorrow , real pov- erty . - Hume . CHEERFULNESS AND MIRTH . - Cheerfulness is always to be kept up if a man is out of pain ; but mirth , to a prudent man , should always be accidental . It ...
... hope and joy is real riches ; one to fear and sorrow , real pov- erty . - Hume . CHEERFULNESS AND MIRTH . - Cheerfulness is always to be kept up if a man is out of pain ; but mirth , to a prudent man , should always be accidental . It ...
Page 40
... world leaves them ; and fills the breast with immortal hope in dying moments . - R . Hall . CHRISTIAN , THE REAL ONE . - No man is so happy as a real Christian ; none so rational , so virtuous , so 40 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... world leaves them ; and fills the breast with immortal hope in dying moments . - R . Hall . CHRISTIAN , THE REAL ONE . - No man is so happy as a real Christian ; none so rational , so virtuous , so 40 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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... hope , all the pleasing motions of the soul , rise in the pursuit . Addison . COVETOUSNESS . — If money be not thy servant , it will be thy master . The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth , as that may be said to ...
... hope , all the pleasing motions of the soul , rise in the pursuit . Addison . COVETOUSNESS . — If money be not thy servant , it will be thy master . The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth , as that may be said to ...
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