World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... the volume its own index . I can not doubt that it will be hailed as a valuable auxiliary to the cause of intelligence and virtue . W. B. S. Albany , Sept. , 1852 PROSE LACONICS . 1 THE WORLD'S LACONICS . A. ABSENCE viii INTRODUCTION .
... the volume its own index . I can not doubt that it will be hailed as a valuable auxiliary to the cause of intelligence and virtue . W. B. S. Albany , Sept. , 1852 PROSE LACONICS . 1 THE WORLD'S LACONICS . A. ABSENCE viii INTRODUCTION .
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... virtue.— Cicero ADVERSARIES , THEIR GOOD DEEDS . - A generous , a brave , a noble deed , performed by an adversary , commands our ap- probation ; while in its consequences it may be acknowledged prejudicial to our particular interest ...
... virtue.— Cicero ADVERSARIES , THEIR GOOD DEEDS . - A generous , a brave , a noble deed , performed by an adversary , commands our ap- probation ; while in its consequences it may be acknowledged prejudicial to our particular interest ...
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... Fuller . AFFLICTION . - Affliction is a school of virtue : it corrects levity , and interrupts the confidence of sinning . - Atterbury , AFFLICTION , HOW TO BE RECEIVED.- -We should feel sor- THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 15.
... Fuller . AFFLICTION . - Affliction is a school of virtue : it corrects levity , and interrupts the confidence of sinning . - Atterbury , AFFLICTION , HOW TO BE RECEIVED.- -We should feel sor- THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 15.
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... virtue . - Burton . AFFLICTION , ITS INFLUENCE ON THE GOOD . - The truly great and good , in affliction , bear a countenance more princely than they are wont ; for it is the temper of the highest hearts , like the palm - tree , to ...
... virtue . - Burton . AFFLICTION , ITS INFLUENCE ON THE GOOD . - The truly great and good , in affliction , bear a countenance more princely than they are wont ; for it is the temper of the highest hearts , like the palm - tree , to ...
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... virtue ; and superciliously censure all who are younger than themselves , and the vices of the present time as new and unheard of , when in truth they are the very same they practised as long as they were able ; they talk much of their ...
... virtue ; and superciliously censure all who are younger than themselves , and the vices of the present time as new and unheard of , when in truth they are the very same they practised as long as they were able ; they talk much of their ...
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