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Page 39
... the small - pox . - St . Evremond . CXCVI . As I approve of a youth , that has something of the old man in bim , so I am no less pleased with an old man , that has something of the youth . He that follows E 2 LACONICS . 39 CXC. ...
... the small - pox . - St . Evremond . CXCVI . As I approve of a youth , that has something of the old man in bim , so I am no less pleased with an old man , that has something of the youth . He that follows E 2 LACONICS . 39 CXC. ...
Page 40
... follows this rule , may be old in body , but can never be so in mind.— Cicero . CXCVII . Virtue seems to be nothing more than a motion conso- nant to the system of things : were a planet to fly from its orbit , it would represent a ...
... follows this rule , may be old in body , but can never be so in mind.— Cicero . CXCVII . Virtue seems to be nothing more than a motion conso- nant to the system of things : were a planet to fly from its orbit , it would represent a ...
Page 76
... follow , and know where to find him ? -Franklin on the Death of his Brother . CCCLXXVII . Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise ; for the distance is altered ; and it is like a deceit of the eye ...
... follow , and know where to find him ? -Franklin on the Death of his Brother . CCCLXXVII . Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise ; for the distance is altered ; and it is like a deceit of the eye ...
Page 111
... follow hearty suppers , after full dinners . Indeed , as there is a difference in constitutions , some rest well after these meals ; it costs them only a frightful dream and an apoplexy , after which they sleep till doomsday . Nothing ...
... follow hearty suppers , after full dinners . Indeed , as there is a difference in constitutions , some rest well after these meals ; it costs them only a frightful dream and an apoplexy , after which they sleep till doomsday . Nothing ...
Page 125
... follows straight an indisposedness Throughout , the legs so fettered in that case They cannot with their reeling trunk keep pace . The tongue trips , mind droops , eyes stand full of water Noise , hiccough , brawls , and quarrels follow ...
... follows straight an indisposedness Throughout , the legs so fettered in that case They cannot with their reeling trunk keep pace . The tongue trips , mind droops , eyes stand full of water Noise , hiccough , brawls , and quarrels follow ...
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Apicius bagnio beauty Ben Jonson better body Bruyere Butler Chesterfield Churchill Codrus common conversation death delight dicebox doth dress enemy Epictetus Euripides evil eyes false fame fancy fear folly fools fortune friends genius gentleman give greatest happiness hath heart honest honour Hudibras human humour ignorance inns of court judgment keep kind knave laugh learning less live look Lord Bacon LUDGATE HILL man's mankind manner marriage Massinger matter merit mind Montaigne nature neral never numbers observed opinion pain pass passion pedants person philosopher pleasure Plutarch poet poor praise pride proud racters reason rich ridiculous Roman triumph satire seldom sense Shaftesbury Shakspeare Shenstone soul speak stand sure Swift talk tell thing thou thought tion true truth turn vanity vice virtue whilst whole wise words write young