Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Svazek 3C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... consider all as equally fallacious . - Johnson . LXIX . We see in needleworks and embroideries , it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground , than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground ...
... consider all as equally fallacious . - Johnson . LXIX . We see in needleworks and embroideries , it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground , than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground ...
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... considers that the mirrors of the ancients were made of brass and fine mercurio , may presently apply the two principal qualifications of a true modern critic , and con- sequently always conclude that these have been and must be 20 ...
... considers that the mirrors of the ancients were made of brass and fine mercurio , may presently apply the two principal qualifications of a true modern critic , and con- sequently always conclude that these have been and must be 20 ...
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... consider them as the means to be used at some future time for the attainment of felicity , ardour after them secures us from weariness of ourselves , but no sooner do we sit down to enjoy our acquisitions than we find them insufficient ...
... consider them as the means to be used at some future time for the attainment of felicity , ardour after them secures us from weariness of ourselves , but no sooner do we sit down to enjoy our acquisitions than we find them insufficient ...
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... consider , because it is at- tended with an egg . But lastly , ' tis a nut , which unless you choose with judgment , may cost you a tooth , and pay you with nothing but a worm . - Swift . CXXII . If a man has a right to be proud of any ...
... consider , because it is at- tended with an egg . But lastly , ' tis a nut , which unless you choose with judgment , may cost you a tooth , and pay you with nothing but a worm . - Swift . CXXII . If a man has a right to be proud of any ...
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... considering all future time as present ; indeed , such con sideration would be a useful principle to all men in their ... consider , that it is but increasing or di- minishing the velocity of certain fluids in the animal machine , to ...
... considering all future time as present ; indeed , such con sideration would be a useful principle to all men in their ... consider , that it is but increasing or di- minishing the velocity of certain fluids in the animal machine , to ...
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