World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... nature will al- ways be endeavoring to return , and will peep out and betray herself one time or other .-- Tillotson . ACTIONS . - The actions of men are like the index of a book ; they point out what is most remarkable in them ...
... nature will al- ways be endeavoring to return , and will peep out and betray herself one time or other .-- Tillotson . ACTIONS . - The actions of men are like the index of a book ; they point out what is most remarkable in them ...
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... NATURE AND TENDENCY . - Affectation is certain deformity ; by forming themselves on fantastic mod- els , the young begin with being ridiculous , and often end in being vicious . Blair . AFFECTATION OF KNOWLEDGE . — All false practices ...
... NATURE AND TENDENCY . - Affectation is certain deformity ; by forming themselves on fantastic mod- els , the young begin with being ridiculous , and often end in being vicious . Blair . AFFECTATION OF KNOWLEDGE . — All false practices ...
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... nature only signs by par- ticular favor , and it may be , to one only in the space of two or three ages ; and then with a pass to boot , to carry him through all the traverses and difficulties she has strewed in the way of his long ...
... nature only signs by par- ticular favor , and it may be , to one only in the space of two or three ages ; and then with a pass to boot , to carry him through all the traverses and difficulties she has strewed in the way of his long ...
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... nature of ambition to make men liars and cheaters , to hide the truth in their breasts , and show , like jugglers ... natures , is the very principle and incentive of virtue ; but to be ambitious of titles , of place , of ceremonial ...
... nature of ambition to make men liars and cheaters , to hide the truth in their breasts , and show , like jugglers ... natures , is the very principle and incentive of virtue ; but to be ambitious of titles , of place , of ceremonial ...
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... nature ; Theophrastus , a silent cheat ; Theocritus , a delightful prejudice ; Carneades , a solitary kingdom ; Domitian said , that nothing was more grateful ; Aristotle affirmed , that beauty was better than all the letters of ...
... nature ; Theophrastus , a silent cheat ; Theocritus , a delightful prejudice ; Carneades , a solitary kingdom ; Domitian said , that nothing was more grateful ; Aristotle affirmed , that beauty was better than all the letters of ...
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