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... grown rich , so execrably dainty , as to swallow at a morsel the nourishment of a hundred families : great are they who ... grow like fingers ; if it be taken from others , ' tis like plums stuck upon black thorns ; they are for a while ...
... grown rich , so execrably dainty , as to swallow at a morsel the nourishment of a hundred families : great are they who ... grow like fingers ; if it be taken from others , ' tis like plums stuck upon black thorns ; they are for a while ...
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... grows weary of examining , and is tempted to consider all as equally fallacious . - Johnson . LXIX . We see in needleworks and embroideries , it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground , than to have a dark ...
... grows weary of examining , and is tempted to consider all as equally fallacious . - Johnson . LXIX . We see in needleworks and embroideries , it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground , than to have a dark ...
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... grown rank and fertile by rest , to abound with and spend their virtue in the product of innumerable sorts of weeds and wild herbs , that are unprofitable , and of no wholesome use ; even so it is with wits , which if not applied to ...
... grown rank and fertile by rest , to abound with and spend their virtue in the product of innumerable sorts of weeds and wild herbs , that are unprofitable , and of no wholesome use ; even so it is with wits , which if not applied to ...
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... sentiment can agitate , or exalt . - Johnson . CXVII . We hope to grow old , and yet we fear old age ; that is , we are willing to live , and afraid to die . - Bruyere . D CXVIII . It may be asked , -whether the inconveniences LACONICS .
... sentiment can agitate , or exalt . - Johnson . CXVII . We hope to grow old , and yet we fear old age ; that is , we are willing to live , and afraid to die . - Bruyere . D CXVIII . It may be asked , -whether the inconveniences LACONICS .
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... grow faithless to each other . - Johnson . CXXIV . If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money , idle ... grows better by age ; I fear rather worse ; always harder . A young liar will be an old one ; and a young knave will ...
... grow faithless to each other . - Johnson . CXXIV . If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money , idle ... grows better by age ; I fear rather worse ; always harder . A young liar will be an old one ; and a young knave will ...
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