World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page 11
... whole republic of readers to believe , that the sun was neither the cause of light nor heat , if he could only get six philosophers on his side . - Goldsmith . ABSURDITIES , IN OURSELVES .-- To pardon those absurdities in ourselves ...
... whole republic of readers to believe , that the sun was neither the cause of light nor heat , if he could only get six philosophers on his side . - Goldsmith . ABSURDITIES , IN OURSELVES .-- To pardon those absurdities in ourselves ...
Page 30
... whole book is governed and turned , like fishes by the tail . For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate , requires an expense of times and forms ; therefore , men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by ...
... whole book is governed and turned , like fishes by the tail . For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate , requires an expense of times and forms ; therefore , men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by ...
Page 38
... whole pages , which at once decipher the life of a man . One such genuine uninterrupted page may be your key to all the rest ; but first be certain that he wrote it all alone , and without thinking of publisher or reader . - Lavater ...
... whole pages , which at once decipher the life of a man . One such genuine uninterrupted page may be your key to all the rest ; but first be certain that he wrote it all alone , and without thinking of publisher or reader . - Lavater ...
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... whole horizon : cunning is a kind of short - sightedness , that discovers the minutest objects . which are near at hand , but is not able to discern things at a distance . Discretion , the more it is discovered , gives a great- er ...
... whole horizon : cunning is a kind of short - sightedness , that discovers the minutest objects . which are near at hand , but is not able to discern things at a distance . Discretion , the more it is discovered , gives a great- er ...
Page 71
... whole life into a holiday , is not only ridiculous , but destroyeth pleasure instead of promoting it . - Saville . DOING WELL.— . -Rest satisfied with doing well , and leave others to talk of you as they please . - Pythagoras . Dowry ...
... whole life into a holiday , is not only ridiculous , but destroyeth pleasure instead of promoting it . - Saville . DOING WELL.— . -Rest satisfied with doing well , and leave others to talk of you as they please . - Pythagoras . Dowry ...
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