World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... looks from under a crown . - Sir P. Sidney . AMBITION , ITS NATURE . - It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheaters , to hide the truth in their breasts , and show , like jugglers , another thing in their mouths ; to cut ...
... looks from under a crown . - Sir P. Sidney . AMBITION , ITS NATURE . - It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheaters , to hide the truth in their breasts , and show , like jugglers , another thing in their mouths ; to cut ...
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... to the eye of man the amazing glories of the far distant world . BIBLE . The Bible is a window in this prison of hope , through which we look into eternity . - Dwight . BIBLE , ARGUMENT FOR . - Bad men or devils THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 27.
... to the eye of man the amazing glories of the far distant world . BIBLE . The Bible is a window in this prison of hope , through which we look into eternity . - Dwight . BIBLE , ARGUMENT FOR . - Bad men or devils THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 27.
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... look , first of all , for integrity , or an unbending regard to rectitude ; then for independence , or the habitual ... looks , words steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 37.
... look , first of all , for integrity , or an unbending regard to rectitude ; then for independence , or the habitual ... looks , words steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 37.
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... look to the end , to judge of the act . Let me look to the act , and leave the end with God . — Bishop Hale . CONFIDENCE . - All trust is dangerous , if it is not entire ; we ought on most occasions to speak all , or conceal all . We ...
... look to the end , to judge of the act . Let me look to the act , and leave the end with God . — Bishop Hale . CONFIDENCE . - All trust is dangerous , if it is not entire ; we ought on most occasions to speak all , or conceal all . We ...
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... all the duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct , that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare . Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good understandings : cunning THE WORLDS LACONICS . 59.
... all the duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct , that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare . Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good understandings : cunning THE WORLDS LACONICS . 59.
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