Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 3C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... pass away before the happy meeting . Thus , as fast as our time runs , we should be very glad in most parts of our lives , that it ran much faster than it does . Several hours of the day hang upon our hands , nay , we wish away whole ...
... pass away before the happy meeting . Thus , as fast as our time runs , we should be very glad in most parts of our lives , that it ran much faster than it does . Several hours of the day hang upon our hands , nay , we wish away whole ...
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... pass an act for the preservation of fame , there are many would thank them for the bill . - Sheridan . LXXI . It is a great mortification to the vanity of man , that his utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's ...
... pass an act for the preservation of fame , there are many would thank them for the bill . - Sheridan . LXXI . It is a great mortification to the vanity of man , that his utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's ...
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... passes To point out herds of men than heads of asses ! In common use no more it means , we find , Than many fools in same opinions join'd . CCXXVI . Churchill . Wit loses its respect with the good , when seen in com- pany with malice ...
... passes To point out herds of men than heads of asses ! In common use no more it means , we find , Than many fools in same opinions join'd . CCXXVI . Churchill . Wit loses its respect with the good , when seen in com- pany with malice ...
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... passes for servitude that is accompanied with great riches , with honours , and with the service of many inferiors . This is but a deception of the sight through a false medium ; for if a groom serve a gentleman in his chamber , that ...
... passes for servitude that is accompanied with great riches , with honours , and with the service of many inferiors . This is but a deception of the sight through a false medium ; for if a groom serve a gentleman in his chamber , that ...
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... pass the happiness of man . Felicity , pure and unalloyed felicity , is not a plant of earthly growth ; her gardens are the skies . - Burton . CCCXVIII . Ordinary quacks and chariatans are thoroughly sensible how necessary it is to ...
... pass the happiness of man . Felicity , pure and unalloyed felicity , is not a plant of earthly growth ; her gardens are the skies . - Burton . CCCXVIII . Ordinary quacks and chariatans are thoroughly sensible how necessary it is to ...
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