Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, المجلد 3T. Boys, 1826 - 360 من الصفحات |
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... mean force in the government of mankind . Genuine simplicity of heart is an healing and cementing prin- iple . - Burke . XLVI . Let dainty wits cry on the sisters nine , That , bravely mask'd , their fancies may be told : Or , Pindar's ...
... mean force in the government of mankind . Genuine simplicity of heart is an healing and cementing prin- iple . - Burke . XLVI . Let dainty wits cry on the sisters nine , That , bravely mask'd , their fancies may be told : Or , Pindar's ...
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... mean wit or beauty may pass in a room , where the rest of the company are allowed to haye none : it is something to sparkle among diamonds ; but to shine among pebbles is neither credit nor value worth the pretending . Sir W. Temple ...
... mean wit or beauty may pass in a room , where the rest of the company are allowed to haye none : it is something to sparkle among diamonds ; but to shine among pebbles is neither credit nor value worth the pretending . Sir W. Temple ...
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... mean and miserable , in order to render others contemptible and wretched . - Burke -on the Ministry during the American war . XCVIII . The great , in affliction , bear a countenance more princely than they are wont ; for it is the ...
... mean and miserable , in order to render others contemptible and wretched . - Burke -on the Ministry during the American war . XCVIII . The great , in affliction , bear a countenance more princely than they are wont ; for it is the ...
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... meaning in his life , for he travelled only forwards . His ambition is criticism , and his ex- ample Tully . He values phrases , and elects them by the sound , and the eight parts of speech are his servants . To be brief , he is a ...
... meaning in his life , for he travelled only forwards . His ambition is criticism , and his ex- ample Tully . He values phrases , and elects them by the sound , and the eight parts of speech are his servants . To be brief , he is a ...
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... mean , as should be designed to form manners , to restrain excesses , to encourage industry , to prevent men's expenses beyond their fortunes , to countenance virtue , and to raise that esteem due to plain sense and common honesty.- Sir ...
... mean , as should be designed to form manners , to restrain excesses , to encourage industry , to prevent men's expenses beyond their fortunes , to countenance virtue , and to raise that esteem due to plain sense and common honesty.- Sir ...
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