Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Svazek 1T. Boys, 1826 - Počet stran: 360 |
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... con- ception to the variety and extent of nature ; but imagine that she is as much bounded in her operations as we are in our speculation . - Hume . XLIII . A contented mind is the greatest blessing a 8 LACONICS . XXXVIII. ...
... con- ception to the variety and extent of nature ; but imagine that she is as much bounded in her operations as we are in our speculation . - Hume . XLIII . A contented mind is the greatest blessing a 8 LACONICS . XXXVIII. ...
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... greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happi- ness arises from the subduing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of them . - Addison , XLIV . To be a beggar , it ...
... greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happi- ness arises from the subduing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of them . - Addison , XLIV . To be a beggar , it ...
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... greatest orator , who triumphs in the splendour of his eloquence , while he go- verns the passions and resolutions of a numerous assembly . -Hume . LXIII . Aim at perfection in every thing , though in most things it is unattainable ...
... greatest orator , who triumphs in the splendour of his eloquence , while he go- verns the passions and resolutions of a numerous assembly . -Hume . LXIII . Aim at perfection in every thing , though in most things it is unattainable ...
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... greatest theatre for virtue is conscience . - Cicero . CXV . One would think that all mankind had bound them- selves by an oath to do all the wickedness they can ; that they had all ( as the scripture speaks ) " sold themselves to sin ...
... greatest theatre for virtue is conscience . - Cicero . CXV . One would think that all mankind had bound them- selves by an oath to do all the wickedness they can ; that they had all ( as the scripture speaks ) " sold themselves to sin ...
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... greatest cities ! the necessaries of life do not occasion , at most , a third part of the hurry . - Bruyere . CXXV . He who maliciously takes advantage of the unguarded moments of friendship , is no farther from knavery , than the ...
... greatest cities ! the necessaries of life do not occasion , at most , a third part of the hurry . - Bruyere . CXXV . He who maliciously takes advantage of the unguarded moments of friendship , is no farther from knavery , than the ...
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