Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Band 2C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... keeps his wife in the wholesome ignorance of unnecessary secrets . They will not be starved with the ignorance , who perchance may surfeit with the knowledge of weighty counsels , too heavy for the weaker sex to bear . He knows little ...
... keeps his wife in the wholesome ignorance of unnecessary secrets . They will not be starved with the ignorance , who perchance may surfeit with the knowledge of weighty counsels , too heavy for the weaker sex to bear . He knows little ...
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... keeps it as methodically as a race - nag is dieted , that in the end he may run away with it : for he observes a punctual curiosity in performing his word , until he has proved his credit as far as it can go and then he has catched the ...
... keeps it as methodically as a race - nag is dieted , that in the end he may run away with it : for he observes a punctual curiosity in performing his word , until he has proved his credit as far as it can go and then he has catched the ...
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... keep handsomely within rules , and support the carriage of a companion to his mistress , is much more likely to prevail , than he who lets her see the whole relish of his life depends upon her . If possible , therefore , divert your ...
... keep handsomely within rules , and support the carriage of a companion to his mistress , is much more likely to prevail , than he who lets her see the whole relish of his life depends upon her . If possible , therefore , divert your ...
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... keep fools at a distance , so good breeding is an expedient to make fools and wise men equals . - Steele . CCXXXIX . The difference there is betwixt honour and honesty , seems to be chiefly the motive : the mere honest man does that ...
... keep fools at a distance , so good breeding is an expedient to make fools and wise men equals . - Steele . CCXXXIX . The difference there is betwixt honour and honesty , seems to be chiefly the motive : the mere honest man does that ...
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... keep a mau in countenance that is possessed with these excellences , if he wants that inferior art of life and behaviour , called good - breeding . - Steele . CCL . It is with narrow - souled people as with narrow - necked bottles ; the ...
... keep a mau in countenance that is possessed with these excellences , if he wants that inferior art of life and behaviour , called good - breeding . - Steele . CCL . It is with narrow - souled people as with narrow - necked bottles ; the ...
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