World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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Page 92
... affections pass in and out . Love , anger , pride , and avarice , all visibly move in those little orbs . - Spectator . F. FABLES . The virtue which we gather from a fable or an allegory , is like the health we get by hunting ; as we ...
... affections pass in and out . Love , anger , pride , and avarice , all visibly move in those little orbs . - Spectator . F. FABLES . The virtue which we gather from a fable or an allegory , is like the health we get by hunting ; as we ...
Page 93
... affections , though seemingly a larger sacrifice , will not with- out it be received at his hands . - Young . FAITH AND INCLINATION.— Naturally , men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain , and to have a ...
... affections , though seemingly a larger sacrifice , will not with- out it be received at his hands . - Young . FAITH AND INCLINATION.— Naturally , men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain , and to have a ...
Page 107
... affection that gives the cement ; and passion as well as reason should concur in forming a firm and lasting coali- tion . Hence , perhaps , it is , that not only the most powerful , but the most lasting friendships are usually the ...
... affection that gives the cement ; and passion as well as reason should concur in forming a firm and lasting coali- tion . Hence , perhaps , it is , that not only the most powerful , but the most lasting friendships are usually the ...
Page 118
... affections . For love which hath ends , will have an end ; whereas that which is founded on true virtue , will always continue . — Dryden . GRACES , CHRISTIAN . - The Christian graces are like per- fumes , the more they are pressed ...
... affections . For love which hath ends , will have an end ; whereas that which is founded on true virtue , will always continue . — Dryden . GRACES , CHRISTIAN . - The Christian graces are like per- fumes , the more they are pressed ...
Page 124
... affection , lighted up with cheerfulness ; and industry must be the ven- tilator , renewing the atmosphere and bringing in fresh salu- brity day by day ; while over all , as a protecting canopy and glory , nothing will suffice except ...
... affection , lighted up with cheerfulness ; and industry must be the ven- tilator , renewing the atmosphere and bringing in fresh salu- brity day by day ; while over all , as a protecting canopy and glory , nothing will suffice except ...
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