World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page v
... once an earthly ubiquity and an earthly immortality . Every man , in making a book , virtually declares his con- viction that he is doing something to minister , in some way , 30124 319 330332 to the benefit of his fellow - men ; and ...
... once an earthly ubiquity and an earthly immortality . Every man , in making a book , virtually declares his con- viction that he is doing something to minister , in some way , 30124 319 330332 to the benefit of his fellow - men ; and ...
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... once , as bearing the stamp of undefined greatness . As you hold it to your mind , it takes a more definite and palpable form ; it reveals treasures of strength and beauty that you did not at first detect ; it exists not only as a great ...
... once , as bearing the stamp of undefined greatness . As you hold it to your mind , it takes a more definite and palpable form ; it reveals treasures of strength and beauty that you did not at first detect ; it exists not only as a great ...
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... once to what it teaches.— Burgh . AGE , OLD . - Old age is a lease 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 ...
... once to what it teaches.— Burgh . AGE , OLD . - Old age is a lease 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 ...
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... once compassed , the difficulty is not so great in bring- ing over others ; a strong delusion always operating from without , as vigorously as from within . For cant and vision are to the ear and the eye , the same that tickling is to ...
... once compassed , the difficulty is not so great in bring- ing over others ; a strong delusion always operating from without , as vigorously as from within . For cant and vision are to the ear and the eye , the same that tickling is to ...
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... once perceives that the wise are polite all the world over ; but that fools are only polite at home.- Goldsmith . CEREMONY AND GOOD BREEDING . - As ceremony is the in- vention of wise men to keep fools at a distance , so good breeding ...
... once perceives that the wise are polite all the world over ; but that fools are only polite at home.- Goldsmith . CEREMONY AND GOOD BREEDING . - As ceremony is the in- vention of wise men to keep fools at a distance , so good breeding ...
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