Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Band 2C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... truth , but not without lying and fighting . He plays a game with the hangman for the clothes on his back ; and when he throws out , he strips him to the skin . He dies in hempen sheets , and his body is hanged , like his ancestor ...
... truth , but not without lying and fighting . He plays a game with the hangman for the clothes on his back ; and when he throws out , he strips him to the skin . He dies in hempen sheets , and his body is hanged , like his ancestor ...
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... truth , and whether the rest of the world will give us the privilege or not , we have so little to ask of them , that we can take it . - Steele . XX . A knave is like a tooth - drawer , that maintains his own teeth in constant eating by ...
... truth , and whether the rest of the world will give us the privilege or not , we have so little to ask of them , that we can take it . - Steele . XX . A knave is like a tooth - drawer , that maintains his own teeth in constant eating by ...
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... truth too well to resist the charms of sin . cerity . - Steele . XXX . There is an infinite variety of motions to be made use of in the flutter of a fan . There is the angry flutter , the modest flutter , the timorous flutter , the ...
... truth too well to resist the charms of sin . cerity . - Steele . XXX . There is an infinite variety of motions to be made use of in the flutter of a fan . There is the angry flutter , the modest flutter , the timorous flutter , the ...
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... truth , and a genius who never lies , are synonymous to a saint . - Lavater . LXVI . Surely men , contrary to iron , are worse to be wrought upon when they are hot ; and are farre more tractable in cold blood . It is an observation of ...
... truth , and a genius who never lies , are synonymous to a saint . - Lavater . LXVI . Surely men , contrary to iron , are worse to be wrought upon when they are hot ; and are farre more tractable in cold blood . It is an observation of ...
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... truth . - Shenstone . CCXII . Judge we by nature ? habit can efface , Int'rest o'ercome , or policy take place . By actions ? those uncertainty divides ; By passions ? these dissimulation hides . Opinions ? they still take a wider range ...
... truth . - Shenstone . CCXII . Judge we by nature ? habit can efface , Int'rest o'ercome , or policy take place . By actions ? those uncertainty divides ; By passions ? these dissimulation hides . Opinions ? they still take a wider range ...
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