Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Том 1T. Boys, 1826 - Всего страниц: 360 |
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... evil , infinite and uncertain ; there are a thousand ways to miss the white , there is only one to hit it.- Montaigne . XVIII . There is none made so great , but he may both need the help and service , and stand in fear of the power and ...
... evil , infinite and uncertain ; there are a thousand ways to miss the white , there is only one to hit it.- Montaigne . XVIII . There is none made so great , but he may both need the help and service , and stand in fear of the power and ...
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... evil : mathematicians tell us that the whole earth is but a point compared to the heavens . To change one's country then is little more than to remove from one street to another . Man is not a plant , rooted to a certain spot of earth ...
... evil : mathematicians tell us that the whole earth is but a point compared to the heavens . To change one's country then is little more than to remove from one street to another . Man is not a plant , rooted to a certain spot of earth ...
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... evil passion , but keeps all the company nearly upon an equality , and if judiciously managed , will at once entertain and improve them all.- Johnson . XC . There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well ...
... evil passion , but keeps all the company nearly upon an equality , and if judiciously managed , will at once entertain and improve them all.- Johnson . XC . There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well ...
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... for gold , Esteem and love were never to be sold . CIII . Pope . If some men died , and others did not , death would in- deed be a most mortifying evil . - Bruyere . CIV . Na- Every man is rich or poor , 22 LACONICS .
... for gold , Esteem and love were never to be sold . CIII . Pope . If some men died , and others did not , death would in- deed be a most mortifying evil . - Bruyere . CIV . Na- Every man is rich or poor , 22 LACONICS .
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... evil - speaking in the world , thousands would be encouraged to do ills , and would rush into many indecorums , like a horse into the battle , were they sure to escape the tongues of men . - Sterne . CXIX . To be happy , the passion ...
... evil - speaking in the world , thousands would be encouraged to do ills , and would rush into many indecorums , like a horse into the battle , were they sure to escape the tongues of men . - Sterne . CXIX . To be happy , the passion ...
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