Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Svazek 1T. Boys, 1826 - Počet stran: 360 |
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... most precious of all blessings ; without it man is blind . it is the eye of reason . -Rousseau . XXXVIII . You cannot spend money in luxury without doing LACONICS . 7 do we want her instructions?-Ask the comedian who ...
... most precious of all blessings ; without it man is blind . it is the eye of reason . -Rousseau . XXXVIII . You cannot spend money in luxury without doing LACONICS . 7 do we want her instructions?-Ask the comedian who ...
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... eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adver- sity doth best discover virtue . - Lord Bacon . LXX . If parliament were to consider ...
... eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adver- sity doth best discover virtue . - Lord Bacon . LXX . If parliament were to consider ...
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... eye , the same that tick- ling is to the touch . - Swift . CVII . Shakspeare was the man who , of all modern and per- haps ancient poets , had the largest and most comprehen- sive soul . All the images of nature were still LACONICS . 23.
... eye , the same that tick- ling is to the touch . - Swift . CVII . Shakspeare was the man who , of all modern and per- haps ancient poets , had the largest and most comprehen- sive soul . All the images of nature were still LACONICS . 23.
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... eye should be entirely avoided , for good actions desire to be placed in the light ; but notwithstanding this , the greatest theatre for virtue is conscience . - Cicero . CXV . One would think that all mankind had bound them- selves by ...
... eye should be entirely avoided , for good actions desire to be placed in the light ; but notwithstanding this , the greatest theatre for virtue is conscience . - Cicero . CXV . One would think that all mankind had bound them- selves by ...
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... eye to poetical justice ; he generally gives the victory , or turns the laugh , on the side of merit . No small compliment to mankind ! -Shenstone . CCXLIX . The weather is not a safe topic of discourse ; your com- pany may be hippish ...
... eye to poetical justice ; he generally gives the victory , or turns the laugh , on the side of merit . No small compliment to mankind ! -Shenstone . CCXLIX . The weather is not a safe topic of discourse ; your com- pany may be hippish ...
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