Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 3C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... pains , and shattered by the disorder of the declining machine : yet these years , with their seve- ral imperfections , constitute the life of man . - Bruyere . LIV Satire is a sort of glass , wherein beholders generally discover every ...
... pains , and shattered by the disorder of the declining machine : yet these years , with their seve- ral imperfections , constitute the life of man . - Bruyere . LIV Satire is a sort of glass , wherein beholders generally discover every ...
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... pains to dig out : ' tis a cheese , which by how much the richer , has the thicker , the homelier , and the coarser coat ; and whereof to a judicious palate , the mag- gots are best . ' Tis a sack posset , wherein the deeper you go ...
... pains to dig out : ' tis a cheese , which by how much the richer , has the thicker , the homelier , and the coarser coat ; and whereof to a judicious palate , the mag- gots are best . ' Tis a sack posset , wherein the deeper you go ...
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... painful ; if happy , to die is terrible ; they both come to the same thing.- Bruyere . CLIV . Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbour , will feel a pleasure in the reverse . And those who despair to rise in ...
... painful ; if happy , to die is terrible ; they both come to the same thing.- Bruyere . CLIV . Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbour , will feel a pleasure in the reverse . And those who despair to rise in ...
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... pain ; the hearers either strain their faculties to accompany its towerings , or are left behind in envy or despair . Good - humour boasts no faculties , which every one does not believe in his own power , and F 3 LACONICS . 53 profound ...
... pain ; the hearers either strain their faculties to accompany its towerings , or are left behind in envy or despair . Good - humour boasts no faculties , which every one does not believe in his own power , and F 3 LACONICS . 53 profound ...
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... pains To undergo that drudgery of brains ; ` But being for all other trades unfit , Only t ' avoid being idle , set up wit . CCLXX . Butler . No condition passes for servitude that is accompanied with great riches , with honours , and ...
... pains To undergo that drudgery of brains ; ` But being for all other trades unfit , Only t ' avoid being idle , set up wit . CCLXX . Butler . No condition passes for servitude that is accompanied with great riches , with honours , and ...
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