World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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Page 37
... become defiled . CHARACTER , ELEMENTS OF A GOOD . — In a truly good char- acter we look , first of all , for integrity , or an unbending regard to rectitude ; then for independence , or the habitual determination to be governed by an ...
... become defiled . CHARACTER , ELEMENTS OF A GOOD . — In a truly good char- acter we look , first of all , for integrity , or an unbending regard to rectitude ; then for independence , or the habitual determination to be governed by an ...
Page 44
... becomes the secret chain of the society of mankind.— M. de Scudery . COMPLAISANCE . - Complaisance , though in itself it be scarce reckoned in the number of moral virtues , is that which gives a lustre to every talent a man can be ...
... becomes the secret chain of the society of mankind.— M. de Scudery . COMPLAISANCE . - Complaisance , though in itself it be scarce reckoned in the number of moral virtues , is that which gives a lustre to every talent a man can be ...
Page 63
... become the broad and deep river . DEBT - Run not into debt , either for wares sold , or money borrowed ; be content to want things that are not of absolute necessity , rather than to run up the score : such a man pays at the latter end ...
... become the broad and deep river . DEBT - Run not into debt , either for wares sold , or money borrowed ; be content to want things that are not of absolute necessity , rather than to run up the score : such a man pays at the latter end ...
Page 67
... becoming indifference . By this , a man in the lowest condition will not appear mean , or in the most splendid fortune insolent . - Johnson . DEVOTION IN THE YOUNG.— . -It is of the utmost importance to season the passions of the young ...
... becoming indifference . By this , a man in the lowest condition will not appear mean , or in the most splendid fortune insolent . - Johnson . DEVOTION IN THE YOUNG.— . -It is of the utmost importance to season the passions of the young ...
Page 87
... become real ones by indulging our reflections on them ; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like a face on the wall or the wainscot , can , by two or three touches with a lead pencil , make it look visible , and agreeing with ...
... become real ones by indulging our reflections on them ; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like a face on the wall or the wainscot , can , by two or three touches with a lead pencil , make it look visible , and agreeing with ...
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