Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Band 2C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... never so great , will fix here half an hour's contemplation . His habitation is some poor thatched roof , distinguished from his barn by the loop - holes that let out smoke , which the rain had long since washed through , but for the ...
... never so great , will fix here half an hour's contemplation . His habitation is some poor thatched roof , distinguished from his barn by the loop - holes that let out smoke , which the rain had long since washed through , but for the ...
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... never troubled , and if he get in but his harvest before , let it come when it will , he cares not.— Bishop Earle . LXV . He who in questions of right , virtue , or duty , sets him- self above all ridicule , is truly great , and shall ...
... never troubled , and if he get in but his harvest before , let it come when it will , he cares not.— Bishop Earle . LXV . He who in questions of right , virtue , or duty , sets him- self above all ridicule , is truly great , and shall ...
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... never can attain To find the right way back again ; Drinks all his time away , and prunes The end of's life as vignerons Cut short the branches of a vine , To make it bear more plenty wine ; And that which nature did intend T'enlarge ...
... never can attain To find the right way back again ; Drinks all his time away , and prunes The end of's life as vignerons Cut short the branches of a vine , To make it bear more plenty wine ; And that which nature did intend T'enlarge ...
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... never contributed a single benefit to their own age , nor will ever be mentioned in any after - one , might by this means employ their pride and their expense in a way which might render them entertaining and useful both to the present ...
... never contributed a single benefit to their own age , nor will ever be mentioned in any after - one , might by this means employ their pride and their expense in a way which might render them entertaining and useful both to the present ...
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... never answered any question . The not distinguishing where things should be distin- guished , and the not confounding , where things should be confounded , is the cause of all the mistakes in the world . - Selden . CXXIX . It would be ...
... never answered any question . The not distinguishing where things should be distin- guished , and the not confounding , where things should be confounded , is the cause of all the mistakes in the world . - Selden . CXXIX . It would be ...
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