Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Том 1T. Boys, 1826 - Всего страниц: 360 |
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... action depends upon the motive from which we act . If I fling half - a - crown to a beggar with intention to break his head , and he picks it up and buys victuals with it , the physical effect is good ; but with respect to me , the action ...
... action depends upon the motive from which we act . If I fling half - a - crown to a beggar with intention to break his head , and he picks it up and buys victuals with it , the physical effect is good ; but with respect to me , the action ...
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... actions ; and that if the latter only are for- bidden , and the former left free , all morality will soon be at an end . - Porteus . CCXC . Try a good poem as you would sound a pipkin ; and if it rings well upon the knuckle , be sure ...
... actions ; and that if the latter only are for- bidden , and the former left free , all morality will soon be at an end . - Porteus . CCXC . Try a good poem as you would sound a pipkin ; and if it rings well upon the knuckle , be sure ...
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... Actions , looks , words , steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell characters : some are mere letters , some contain entire words , lines , whole pages , which at once decipher the life of a man . One such genuine un ...
... Actions , looks , words , steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell characters : some are mere letters , some contain entire words , lines , whole pages , which at once decipher the life of a man . One such genuine un ...
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... actions . " These are ex- cepted against as justly as butchers in case of life or death their familiarity with the greatest names takes off the delicacy of their regard , as dealing in blood makes the lanii less tender of spilling it ...
... actions . " These are ex- cepted against as justly as butchers in case of life or death their familiarity with the greatest names takes off the delicacy of their regard , as dealing in blood makes the lanii less tender of spilling it ...
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... action against him , and joins to keep him in ruinous captivity ; so when any discontent seriously seizes on the human mind , all other perturbations instantly set upon it ; and then like a lame dog , or a broken - winged goose , the ...
... action against him , and joins to keep him in ruinous captivity ; so when any discontent seriously seizes on the human mind , all other perturbations instantly set upon it ; and then like a lame dog , or a broken - winged goose , the ...
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