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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... - Page 6
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Masterpieces of English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...207. xparinic, reasonable, moderate. 211. hestowine. disposal. for he may exercise them by his friend. How many things are there which a man cannot, with...less extol them ; a man cannot sometimes brook to suppli- 2 cate or beg, and a number of the like ; but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth,...
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Papers for teachers

1880 - 594 pages
...offices of life are, as it were, granted to him and his deputy. For he may exercise them by his friend. How many things are there which a man cannot, with...modesty, much less extol them ; a man cannot sometimes stoop to supplicate or beg, and a number of the like. But all these things are graceful in a friend's...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1880 - 702 pages
...Estate. State ; condition ; circumstanete. ' HJs letter there Will show you his estate.' — Shokespere. face or comeliness say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merita with modesty, much less extol them ; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg, and...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes. Authors, 544 ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...offices of life are, as it were, granted to him and his deputy ; for he may exercise them by his friend. no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity ; an sny or do himself! A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them; a jnan...
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Second Latin Writer: Containing Hints on Writing Latin Prose with Graduated ...

George Lovett Bennett - 1880 - 206 pages
...cannot with any grace or comeliness say or do himself ? A man can scarcely 7 allege his own merits, much less extol them; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg, and a number of the like ; but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blustering...
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Text-book of Prose from Burke, Webster, and Bacon: With Notes, and Sketches ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...offices of life are, as it were, granted to him and his deputy ; for he may exercise them by his friend. How many things are there, which a man cannot, with...a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg, and a number of the like: but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

1881 - 578 pages
...offices of life are as it were granted to him and his deputy : for he may exercise them by his friend. ; and a number of the like. But all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing...
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Bacon's Essays, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 pages
...offices of life are, as it were, granted to him and his deputy. For he may exercise them by his friend. How many things are there which a man cannot, with...himself ! A man can scarce allege his own merits with 250 modesty, much less extol them ; a man cannot sometimes stoop to supplicate or beg, and a number...
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Second Latin writer. [With] Key

George Lovett Bennett - 1881 - 208 pages
...cannot with any grace or comeliness say or do himself ? A man can scarcely 7 allege his own merits, much less extol them; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg, and a number of the like ; but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blustering...
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The Moral and Historical Works of Lord Bacon: Including His Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...offices of life are, as it were, granted to him and his deputy ; for he may exercise them by his friend. How many things are there, which a man cannot, with...man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing...
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