Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Band 2C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... mind , and we may then bring people to adopt what would offend them , if endeavoured to be introduced by violence . - Sir J. Reynolds . XXIII . Our greatest glory is not in never falling , but rising every time we fall . - Confucius ...
... mind , and we may then bring people to adopt what would offend them , if endeavoured to be introduced by violence . - Sir J. Reynolds . XXIII . Our greatest glory is not in never falling , but rising every time we fall . - Confucius ...
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... mind which does not produce a suitable agitation in the fan ; inso- much , that , if I only see the fan of a disciplined lady , I know very well whether she laughs , frowns , or blushes . -Addison . XXXI . There is , perhaps , nothing ...
... mind which does not produce a suitable agitation in the fan ; inso- much , that , if I only see the fan of a disciplined lady , I know very well whether she laughs , frowns , or blushes . -Addison . XXXI . There is , perhaps , nothing ...
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... mind with gay ideas , and disperse that gloominess which is apt to hang about us in those dark disconsolate seasons . Addison . XXXIX . He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task he undertakes ; for he must be forced to invent ...
... mind with gay ideas , and disperse that gloominess which is apt to hang about us in those dark disconsolate seasons . Addison . XXXIX . He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task he undertakes ; for he must be forced to invent ...
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... mind than this , which is itself one of the chief dis- tinctions of our rationality . For , as Milton says , Smiles from reason flow , to brutes denied , - And are of love the food.- It may be remarked in general under this head , that ...
... mind than this , which is itself one of the chief dis- tinctions of our rationality . For , as Milton says , Smiles from reason flow , to brutes denied , - And are of love the food.- It may be remarked in general under this head , that ...
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... mind , and sacrifice to ostentatious finery , all those mild , amiable , and modest virtues , by which the female character is so pleasingly adorned . — Tertullian . LVI . Petitions not sweetened With gold , are but unsavory oft refused ...
... mind , and sacrifice to ostentatious finery , all those mild , amiable , and modest virtues , by which the female character is so pleasingly adorned . — Tertullian . LVI . Petitions not sweetened With gold , are but unsavory oft refused ...
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