The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best AuthorsM. W.. Dodd, 1853 - 432 pages |
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... marry where they do not love , will love where they do not marry - Fuller . : AFFLICTION . - Affliction is a school of virtue it corrects levity , and interrupts the confidence of sinning . - Atterbury . AFFLICTION , HOW TO BE RECEIVED ...
... marry where they do not love , will love where they do not marry - Fuller . : AFFLICTION . - Affliction is a school of virtue it corrects levity , and interrupts the confidence of sinning . - Atterbury . AFFLICTION , HOW TO BE RECEIVED ...
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... marry for beauty , thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which per- chance will neither last nor please thee one year ! and when thou hast it , it will be to thee of no price at all ; for the de- sire dieth when it is attained ...
... marry for beauty , thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which per- chance will neither last nor please thee one year ! and when thou hast it , it will be to thee of no price at all ; for the de- sire dieth when it is attained ...
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... marry their children ; and instead of one marriage at present , there might be two , if such regulations took place . Goldsmith . ― FRUGALITY , SYSTEMATIC . - He seldom lives frugally , who lives by chance . Hope is always liberal , and ...
... marry their children ; and instead of one marriage at present , there might be two , if such regulations took place . Goldsmith . ― FRUGALITY , SYSTEMATIC . - He seldom lives frugally , who lives by chance . Hope is always liberal , and ...
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... marriages ; and the Christians , in their law- suits . - Spanish proverb . LAW . The plaintiff and defendant in an action at law , are like two men ducking their heads in a bucket , and daring each other to remain longest under water ...
... marriages ; and the Christians , in their law- suits . - Spanish proverb . LAW . The plaintiff and defendant in an action at law , are like two men ducking their heads in a bucket , and daring each other to remain longest under water ...
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... , and possession by disgust , and the malicious remark of the Greek epigrammatist on marriage , may be applied to every other course of life , that its two days of happiness are the first and the THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 161.
... , and possession by disgust , and the malicious remark of the Greek epigrammatist on marriage , may be applied to every other course of life , that its two days of happiness are the first and the THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 161.
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