Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Band 2C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... virtue . - Goldsmith . II . Whenever you commend , add your reasons for doing so it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants , and admiration of fools . - Steele . III . Manufactures ...
... virtue . - Goldsmith . II . Whenever you commend , add your reasons for doing so it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants , and admiration of fools . - Steele . III . Manufactures ...
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... virtue of their possessor . - Burton . XV . Every one that has been long dead has a due propor- tion of praise allotted him , in which , whilst he lived , his friends were too profuse , and his enemies too sparing.— Addison . XVI . I ...
... virtue of their possessor . - Burton . XV . Every one that has been long dead has a due propor- tion of praise allotted him , in which , whilst he lived , his friends were too profuse , and his enemies too sparing.— Addison . XVI . I ...
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... virtues , and their natures changed , Grow the most dangerous vices . XXII Massinger . Reformation is a work of time . A national taste , now ever wrong it may be , cannot be totally changed at once , we must yield a little to the ...
... virtues , and their natures changed , Grow the most dangerous vices . XXII Massinger . Reformation is a work of time . A national taste , now ever wrong it may be , cannot be totally changed at once , we must yield a little to the ...
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... virtues , by which the female character is so pleasingly adorned . - Tertullian . LVI . Petitions not sweetened With gold , are but unsavory oft refused ; Or if received , are pocketed , not read . A suitor's swelling tears by the ...
... virtues , by which the female character is so pleasingly adorned . - Tertullian . LVI . Petitions not sweetened With gold , are but unsavory oft refused ; Or if received , are pocketed , not read . A suitor's swelling tears by the ...
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... virtue , or duty , sets him- self above all ridicule , is truly great , and shall laugh in the end with truer mirth than ever he was laughed at . A merchant who always tells truth , and a genius who never lies , are synonymous to a ...
... virtue , or duty , sets him- self above all ridicule , is truly great , and shall laugh in the end with truer mirth than ever he was laughed at . A merchant who always tells truth , and a genius who never lies , are synonymous to a ...
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