Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Том 1T. Boys, 1826 - Всего страниц: 360 |
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... less genteel for a fine coat , if in wearing it he shows a regard for it , and is not as easy in it as if it were a plain one . - Chesterfield . XXIV . A little wit is equally capable of exposing a beauty and of aggravating a fault ...
... less genteel for a fine coat , if in wearing it he shows a regard for it , and is not as easy in it as if it were a plain one . - Chesterfield . XXIV . A little wit is equally capable of exposing a beauty and of aggravating a fault ...
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... less purchase , would be thought but an in- different bargain . — Swift . XLV . Nothing is more evident than that divers persons , no other way remarkable , have each a strong disposition to the formation of some particular trope or ...
... less purchase , would be thought but an in- different bargain . — Swift . XLV . Nothing is more evident than that divers persons , no other way remarkable , have each a strong disposition to the formation of some particular trope or ...
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... less degree to his friends : he can hardly wear it so in- offensively , but it is apt to incommode one or other of the company ! it is more properly a loaded pistol , which accident alone may fire and kill one . - Shenstone . CXXXVI ...
... less degree to his friends : he can hardly wear it so in- offensively , but it is apt to incommode one or other of the company ! it is more properly a loaded pistol , which accident alone may fire and kill one . - Shenstone . CXXXVI ...
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... less than an ipse dixit , and you must pin your faith on their sleeve . And though Diogenes lived in a tub , there might be , for aught I know , as much pride under his rags , as in the fine - spun garments of the divine Plato . - Swift ...
... less than an ipse dixit , and you must pin your faith on their sleeve . And though Diogenes lived in a tub , there might be , for aught I know , as much pride under his rags , as in the fine - spun garments of the divine Plato . - Swift ...
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... less a man is endued with any virtue , the more need he has to have it plentifully bestowed , especially those good qualities , of which the world believes he has none at all ; for who will thank a man for giving him that which he bas ...
... less a man is endued with any virtue , the more need he has to have it plentifully bestowed , especially those good qualities , of which the world believes he has none at all ; for who will thank a man for giving him that which he bas ...
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