Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Svazek 1T. Boys, 1826 - Počet stran: 360 |
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... rule of court . — Selden . LXVII . While some are willing to wed virtue for her personal charms , others are engaged to take her for the sake of her c expected dowry : and since her followers and admirers have LACONICS . 133.
... rule of court . — Selden . LXVII . While some are willing to wed virtue for her personal charms , others are engaged to take her for the sake of her c expected dowry : and since her followers and admirers have LACONICS . 133.
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... 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 the sporting ...
... 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 the sporting ...
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... virtue in the product of innumerable sorts of weeds and wild herbs , that are unprofitable , and of no wholesome use ; even so it is with wits , which if not applied to some certain study that may fix and restrain them , run into a ...
... virtue in the product of innumerable sorts of weeds and wild herbs , that are unprofitable , and of no wholesome use ; even so it is with wits , which if not applied to some certain study that may fix and restrain them , run into a ...
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... 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 : " the difference ...
... 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 : " the difference ...
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... virtues , are happy if others can be depressed to a level with themselves . - Franklin . CLV . He who seldom speaks , and with one calm well- tined word can strike dumb the loquacious , is a genius or a hero . - Lavater . CLVI . We find ...
... virtues , are happy if others can be depressed to a level with themselves . - Franklin . CLV . He who seldom speaks , and with one calm well- tined word can strike dumb the loquacious , is a genius or a hero . - Lavater . CLVI . We find ...
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