Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs].Charles Tilt, 1840 |
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... thing ; there is a community of mind in it : classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world . - Johnson . II . Two evils , ignorance and want of taste , have produced a third , I mean the continual corruption of ...
... thing ; there is a community of mind in it : classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world . - Johnson . II . Two evils , ignorance and want of taste , have produced a third , I mean the continual corruption of ...
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... thing to a man . - Selden . XVII . The Pythagoreans make good to be certain and finite , 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 ...
... thing to a man . - Selden . XVII . The Pythagoreans make good to be certain and finite , 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 ...
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... thing which is laughed at , with any mixture of wit , is ridiculous in itself . - Addison . XXV . While we are reasoning concerning life , life is gone ; and death , though perhaps they receive him differently vet treats alike the fool ...
... thing which is laughed at , with any mixture of wit , is ridiculous in itself . - Addison . XXV . While we are reasoning concerning life , life is gone ; and death , though perhaps they receive him differently vet treats alike the fool ...
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... thing , though in most things it is unattainable ; however , they who aim at it , and per- severe , will come much nearer to it , than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unat- tainable . - Chesterfield . LXIV ...
... thing , though in most things it is unattainable ; however , they who aim at it , and per- severe , will come much nearer to it , than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unat- tainable . - Chesterfield . LXIV ...
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... thing - in the object of their love . - Lavater . LXXIX . As we see some grounds that have long lain idle and ... things , to manage the horse , to make use of the bow , 16 LACONICS . that of inward character, the harmony and numbers of ...
... thing - in the object of their love . - Lavater . LXXIX . As we see some grounds that have long lain idle and ... things , to manage the horse , to make use of the bow , 16 LACONICS . that of inward character, the harmony and numbers of ...
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