World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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Tryon Edwards. rious gift of nature ; and Ovid , alluding to him , calls it a fa vor bestowed by the gods . - From the Italian . BEAUTY AND LOVE . - Love , that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good ... nature; and Ovid, alluding to ...
Tryon Edwards. rious gift of nature ; and Ovid , alluding to him , calls it a fa vor bestowed by the gods . - From the Italian . BEAUTY AND LOVE . - Love , that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good ... nature; and Ovid, alluding to ...
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... nature . A person possessed of those qualities , though he had never seen a court , is truly agreeable ; and if without them , would continue a clown , though he had been all his life a gentleman usher.- Goldsmith . CHANCERY . - Equity ...
... nature . A person possessed of those qualities , though he had never seen a court , is truly agreeable ; and if without them , would continue a clown , though he had been all his life a gentleman usher.- Goldsmith . CHANCERY . - Equity ...
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... nature , and by no means rapid in its growth . It will not shoot up in a night like the gourd of the prophet , but like that gourd it may perish in a night . — Taylor . CHARACTER , ITS MANIFESTATION .-- Actions , looks , words , steps ...
... nature , and by no means rapid in its growth . It will not shoot up in a night like the gourd of the prophet , but like that gourd it may perish in a night . — Taylor . CHARACTER , ITS MANIFESTATION .-- Actions , looks , words , steps ...
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... nature , but frequently the effect of much knowledge of the world , and a command . over the passions . - Spectator . COMPANY , RESTRAINT IN . - No man can possibly improve in any company , for which he has not respect enough to be ...
... nature , but frequently the effect of much knowledge of the world , and a command . over the passions . - Spectator . COMPANY , RESTRAINT IN . - No man can possibly improve in any company , for which he has not respect enough to be ...
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... nature and mutual benevolence , encourages the timorous , soothes the turbulent , humanizes the fierce , and distinguishes a society of civilized persons from a confusion of savages . Addison . COMPLIMENTS . - Compliments , which we ...
... nature and mutual benevolence , encourages the timorous , soothes the turbulent , humanizes the fierce , and distinguishes a society of civilized persons from a confusion of savages . Addison . COMPLIMENTS . - Compliments , which we ...
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