Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 2C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... Congreve . LII . He makes a lady but a poor recompense , who marries her , because he has kept her company long after his affection is estranged . Does he not rather increase the injury ? -Shenstone . LIII . Those servants who found ...
... Congreve . LII . He makes a lady but a poor recompense , who marries her , because he has kept her company long after his affection is estranged . Does he not rather increase the injury ? -Shenstone . LIII . Those servants who found ...
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... Congreve . DCCCXXXI . " The folly of fools , " that is , the most egregious piece of folly that any man can be guilty of , is to play the knave . The vulgar translation renders this clause a little other- wise , the fool turns aside to ...
... Congreve . DCCCXXXI . " The folly of fools , " that is , the most egregious piece of folly that any man can be guilty of , is to play the knave . The vulgar translation renders this clause a little other- wise , the fool turns aside to ...
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... Congreve . Love , that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good health , is short - lived , and apt to have ague fits . - Eras- mus . DCCCLIX . He who studies the life , yet bungles , may draw some faint imitation of it , but he who ...
... Congreve . Love , that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good health , is short - lived , and apt to have ague fits . - Eras- mus . DCCCLIX . He who studies the life , yet bungles , may draw some faint imitation of it , but he who ...
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... Congreve . Love , that has nothing but beauty to keep it in go health , is short - lived , and apt to have ague fits . - Er mus . DCCCLIX . He who studies the life , yet bungles , may draw so faint imitation of it , but he who purposely ...
... Congreve . Love , that has nothing but beauty to keep it in go health , is short - lived , and apt to have ague fits . - Er mus . DCCCLIX . He who studies the life , yet bungles , may draw so faint imitation of it , but he who purposely ...
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... Congreve . DCCCLXXXIV . Thou more than most sweet glove , Unto my more sweet love , Suffer me to store with kisses This empty lodging , that now misses The pure rosy hand that wear thee , Whiter than the kid that bare thee ; Thou art ...
... Congreve . DCCCLXXXIV . Thou more than most sweet glove , Unto my more sweet love , Suffer me to store with kisses This empty lodging , that now misses The pure rosy hand that wear thee , Whiter than the kid that bare thee ; Thou art ...
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