World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... unequal , for thou canst bear ill language with ease , and return it with pleasure ; and to me it is unusual to hear , and disagreeable to speak it . " ACCOUNTANT , THE BEST . - He is the best THE WORLD'S LACONICS. ...
... unequal , for thou canst bear ill language with ease , and return it with pleasure ; and to me it is unusual to hear , and disagreeable to speak it . " ACCOUNTANT , THE BEST . - He is the best THE WORLD'S LACONICS. ...
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... pleasure in finding fault ; and is wounded by the bare suspicion of such disgraceful tyranny . But advice , divested of the harshness , and yet retaining the honest warmth of truth , " is like honey put round the brim of a vessel full ...
... pleasure in finding fault ; and is wounded by the bare suspicion of such disgraceful tyranny . But advice , divested of the harshness , and yet retaining the honest warmth of truth , " is like honey put round the brim of a vessel full ...
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... pleasures , nor sensible of doing them to oth- ers . - Sir W. Temple . AGE , OLD , SHOULD BE VIRTUOUS . -Old age has deformi- ties enough of its own : do not add to it the deformity of vice . -Cato . - AGRICULTURE AND WEALTH . - There ...
... pleasures , nor sensible of doing them to oth- ers . - Sir W. Temple . AGE , OLD , SHOULD BE VIRTUOUS . -Old age has deformi- ties enough of its own : do not add to it the deformity of vice . -Cato . - AGRICULTURE AND WEALTH . - There ...
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... pleasure and money , idle curiosity , iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth , what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities ! The necessaries of life do not occasion , at most , a third part of the hurry . - Bruyere . CITY AND ...
... pleasure and money , idle curiosity , iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth , what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities ! The necessaries of life do not occasion , at most , a third part of the hurry . - Bruyere . CITY AND ...
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... pleasure in contem plation ; and when a man hath run through a set of vanities in the declension of his age , he knows not what to do with himself if he cannot think . — Blount . CONTEMPT . - Contempt is commonly taken by the young for ...
... pleasure in contem plation ; and when a man hath run through a set of vanities in the declension of his age , he knows not what to do with himself if he cannot think . — Blount . CONTEMPT . - Contempt is commonly taken by the young for ...
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