The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best AuthorsM. W.. Dodd, 1853 - 432 pages |
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... delighted by the many bright and pithy sentences which it contains , none but the thoughtful and earnest , will ever fathom the depths of wisdom and truth to which its pages introduce us . There is something ennobling in the thought ...
... delighted by the many bright and pithy sentences which it contains , none but the thoughtful and earnest , will ever fathom the depths of wisdom and truth to which its pages introduce us . There is something ennobling in the thought ...
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... delights in that superiority which he enjoys over those who are in some respects beneath him . This ambition , which is natural to the soul of man , might , methinks , receive a very happy turn ; and , if it were rightly directed ...
... delights in that superiority which he enjoys over those who are in some respects beneath him . This ambition , which is natural to the soul of man , might , methinks , receive a very happy turn ; and , if it were rightly directed ...
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... delightful prejudice ; Carneades , a solitary kingdom ; Domitian said , that nothing was more grateful ; Aristotle affirmed , that beauty was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world ; Homer , that ' twas a glo rious ...
... delightful prejudice ; Carneades , a solitary kingdom ; Domitian said , that nothing was more grateful ; Aristotle affirmed , that beauty was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world ; Homer , that ' twas a glo rious ...
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... delights , business is an interruption to such as are cold to delights , business is : an entertainment . For which reason it was said to 32 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... delights , business is an interruption to such as are cold to delights , business is : an entertainment . For which reason it was said to 32 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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... DELIGHT IN . - A palsy may as well shake an oak , or a fever dry up a fountain , as either of them shake , dry up , or impair the delight of conscience . For it lies within , it centres in the heart , it grows into the very sub- stance ...
... DELIGHT IN . - A palsy may as well shake an oak , or a fever dry up a fountain , as either of them shake , dry up , or impair the delight of conscience . For it lies within , it centres in the heart , it grows into the very sub- stance ...
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