Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Том 1T. Boys, 1826 - Всего страниц: 360 |
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... occasions , and a confirmed habit of de- claiming upon it without either wit or discretion , be the marks of a pedantic character , as they certainly are , it belongs to the illiterate as well as the learned ; and St. James's itself may ...
... occasions , and a confirmed habit of de- claiming upon it without either wit or discretion , be the marks of a pedantic character , as they certainly are , it belongs to the illiterate as well as the learned ; and St. James's itself may ...
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... occasion , at most , a third part of the hurry . - Bruyere . CXXV . He who maliciously takes advantage of the unguarded moments of friendship , is no farther from knavery , than the latest moment of evening from the first of night ...
... occasion , at most , a third part of the hurry . - Bruyere . CXXV . He who maliciously takes advantage of the unguarded moments of friendship , is no farther from knavery , than the latest moment of evening from the first of night ...
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... occasions , and I do by no means desire to repeat the nauseous dose . - Chesterfield . CCXV . Nothing can be more unphilosophical than to be posi- tive or dogmatical on any subject ; and even if excessive scepticism could be maintained ...
... occasions , and I do by no means desire to repeat the nauseous dose . - Chesterfield . CCXV . Nothing can be more unphilosophical than to be posi- tive or dogmatical on any subject ; and even if excessive scepticism could be maintained ...
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... occasion of censure and reproof , is a creature as barbarous as a judge who should take up a resolution to hang all men that come before him upon a trial . - Swift . CCXLV . Ceremony keeps up things : ' tis like a penny glass to a rich ...
... occasion of censure and reproof , is a creature as barbarous as a judge who should take up a resolution to hang all men that come before him upon a trial . - Swift . CCXLV . Ceremony keeps up things : ' tis like a penny glass to a rich ...
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... alliances , birth , or dis- tinctions . Chance presides over the circle , and supremely decides on all occasions ; they all watch its motions by a profound silence , which they can never observe elsewhere : 52 LACONICS . CCLI. ...
... alliances , birth , or dis- tinctions . Chance presides over the circle , and supremely decides on all occasions ; they all watch its motions by a profound silence , which they can never observe elsewhere : 52 LACONICS . CCLI. ...
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