Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Svazek 3C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... observe the sole reason alleged for the destruction of frogs , is because they are like toads . - Pope . XXXI . Vanity bids all her sons to be generous and brave-- and her daughters to be chaste and courteous . - But why do we want her ...
... observe the sole reason alleged for the destruction of frogs , is because they are like toads . - Pope . XXXI . Vanity bids all her sons to be generous and brave-- and her daughters to be chaste and courteous . - But why do we want her ...
Strana 31
... observation.- Sir . J. Reynolds . CXLVI . The patient mule which travels slowly night and day , will , in the end , go farther than the Arabian courser.- Persian Researches . CXLVII . Learning puffeth men up : words are but wind , and ...
... observation.- Sir . J. Reynolds . CXLVI . The patient mule which travels slowly night and day , will , in the end , go farther than the Arabian courser.- Persian Researches . CXLVII . Learning puffeth men up : words are but wind , and ...
Strana 37
... observed both among ancients and mo- derns , that a grey critic has been certainly a green one , the perfection and acquirement of his age being only the improved talent of his youth ; like hemp , which some naturalists inform us , is ...
... observed both among ancients and mo- derns , that a grey critic has been certainly a green one , the perfection and acquirement of his age being only the improved talent of his youth ; like hemp , which some naturalists inform us , is ...
Strana 52
... observed not so much what he says , as what he appears , or is , and what figure he already makes , or hopes to make ... observe elsewhere : 52 LACONICS . CCLI. ...
... observed not so much what he says , as what he appears , or is , and what figure he already makes , or hopes to make ... observe elsewhere : 52 LACONICS . CCLI. ...
Strana 53
... observe elsewhere : all the passions seem suspended awhile , to give place to one at this tempestuous season ; the courtier is neither gay , complaisant , nor even devout . — Bruyere . CCLVI . To know by rote , is no knowledge , and ...
... observe elsewhere : all the passions seem suspended awhile , to give place to one at this tempestuous season ; the courtier is neither gay , complaisant , nor even devout . — Bruyere . CCLVI . To know by rote , is no knowledge , and ...
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