Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, المجلد 3T. Boys, 1826 - 360 من الصفحات |
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... persons cannot go much higher and he that standeth at a stay when others rise , can hardly avoid motions of envy . - Lord Bacon . XVII . I have long thought , that the different abilities of men , which we call wisdom or prudence for ...
... persons cannot go much higher and he that standeth at a stay when others rise , can hardly avoid motions of envy . - Lord Bacon . XVII . I have long thought , that the different abilities of men , which we call wisdom or prudence for ...
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... persons ; the men of busi- ness , and the men of pleasure . - St . Evremond . XLVIII . A poor neighbour's house set on fire , is to be better guarded , or watched , than a great city afar off . - Sir W. Raleigh . XLIX . Avarice is a ...
... persons ; the men of busi- ness , and the men of pleasure . - St . Evremond . XLVIII . A poor neighbour's house set on fire , is to be better guarded , or watched , than a great city afar off . - Sir W. Raleigh . XLIX . Avarice is a ...
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... persons who set up for reformers of the age . ' Tis a part a man cannot act long , without offending his friends and rendering himself ridiculous.St . Evremond . LXVII . It would be an unspeakable advantage , both c 3 LACONICS . 17 LXIV ...
... persons who set up for reformers of the age . ' Tis a part a man cannot act long , without offending his friends and rendering himself ridiculous.St . Evremond . LXVII . It would be an unspeakable advantage , both c 3 LACONICS . 17 LXIV ...
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... person that confined him . - Burke . LXXXVII . In war , people judge , for the most part , by the suc- cess , whatever is the opinion of the wiser sort . Let a man show all the good conduct that is possible LACONICS : 23 To die is so ...
... person that confined him . - Burke . LXXXVII . In war , people judge , for the most part , by the suc- cess , whatever is the opinion of the wiser sort . Let a man show all the good conduct that is possible LACONICS : 23 To die is so ...
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... persons . - St . Evremond . LXXXVIII . A knight of the long robe is more honourable than a knight made in the field ; for furs are dearer than spurs . -Sir T. Overbury . - LXXXIX . Books are a part of man's prerogative , In formal ink ...
... persons . - St . Evremond . LXXXVIII . A knight of the long robe is more honourable than a knight made in the field ; for furs are dearer than spurs . -Sir T. Overbury . - LXXXIX . Books are a part of man's prerogative , In formal ink ...
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