Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 2C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. XXV . In a vain man , the smallest spark may kindle into the ... author , what is his character in general , and his dis- position in particular . - Pope . XXVIII . Haste and rashnesse ...
Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. XXV . In a vain man , the smallest spark may kindle into the ... author , what is his character in general , and his dis- position in particular . - Pope . XXVIII . Haste and rashnesse ...
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... author , when well acquainted with the value of thunder and lightning , when versed in all the mystery of scene - shifting and trap - doors , when skilled in the proper periods to introduce a wire ... authors are , Can make them LACONICS . 9.
... author , when well acquainted with the value of thunder and lightning , when versed in all the mystery of scene - shifting and trap - doors , when skilled in the proper periods to introduce a wire ... authors are , Can make them LACONICS . 9.
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Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. And still the abler authors are , Can make them pay the greater share , Is prince of poets of his time , And they his vassals that supply him ; Can judge more justly of what he takes ...
Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. And still the abler authors are , Can make them pay the greater share , Is prince of poets of his time , And they his vassals that supply him ; Can judge more justly of what he takes ...
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Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. not because it drowned the world , but spoiled the grass . For death he is never troubled , and if he get in but his harvest before , let it come when it will , he cares not.- Bishop ...
Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. not because it drowned the world , but spoiled the grass . For death he is never troubled , and if he get in but his harvest before , let it come when it will , he cares not.- Bishop ...
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Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. XCV . An ordinary song or ballad that is the delight of the common ... author of it than of all his works . Sir Philip Sidney , in his discourse of poetry , speaks of it in the following ...
Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. XCV . An ordinary song or ballad that is the delight of the common ... author of it than of all his works . Sir Philip Sidney , in his discourse of poetry , speaks of it in the following ...
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