Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Band 2C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... short the branches of a vine , To make it bear more plenty wine ; And that which nature did intend T'enlarge his life , perverts t ' its end . XCI . Butler . A drunkard is one that will be a man to - morrow morn ing , but is now what ...
... short the branches of a vine , To make it bear more plenty wine ; And that which nature did intend T'enlarge his life , perverts t ' its end . XCI . Butler . A drunkard is one that will be a man to - morrow morn ing , but is now what ...
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... short , she seems to have designed the head as the cupola to the most glorious of her works ; and when we load it with a pile of supernumerary orna- ments , we destroy the symmetry of the human figure , and foolishly contrive to call ...
... short , she seems to have designed the head as the cupola to the most glorious of her works ; and when we load it with a pile of supernumerary orna- ments , we destroy the symmetry of the human figure , and foolishly contrive to call ...
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... short , when you are once in , and have a good deal more to say . Neither is there any thing in which the force and readiness of a horse is so much seen , as in a round , graceful , and sudden stop ; and I see even those who are ...
... short , when you are once in , and have a good deal more to say . Neither is there any thing in which the force and readiness of a horse is so much seen , as in a round , graceful , and sudden stop ; and I see even those who are ...
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... short , laugh , nor cry , nor take snuff , like a man of sense . How obvious the distinction ! -Shenstone . CXLIV . He is treated like a fiddler , whose music , though liked , is not much praised , because he lives by it ; while a gen ...
... short , laugh , nor cry , nor take snuff , like a man of sense . How obvious the distinction ! -Shenstone . CXLIV . He is treated like a fiddler , whose music , though liked , is not much praised , because he lives by it ; while a gen ...
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... haif dead from Bassette , and have many a time grieved to see a person of quality gliding by me in her chair at two o'clock in the morning , and looking like a spectre amidst a glare of flambeaux . In short , 42 LACONICS .
... haif dead from Bassette , and have many a time grieved to see a person of quality gliding by me in her chair at two o'clock in the morning , and looking like a spectre amidst a glare of flambeaux . In short , 42 LACONICS .
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