Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 2C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... greater share , Is prince of poets of his time , And they his vassals that supply him ; Can judge more justly of what he takes Than any of the best he makes , And more impartially conceive What's fit to choose , and what to leave . For ...
... greater share , Is prince of poets of his time , And they his vassals that supply him ; Can judge more justly of what he takes Than any of the best he makes , And more impartially conceive What's fit to choose , and what to leave . For ...
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... greater pow'r and interest O'er man the heir of reason , than brute beast , That by two different instincts is led , Born to the one , and to the other bred , And trains him up with rudiments more false Than nature does her stupid ...
... greater pow'r and interest O'er man the heir of reason , than brute beast , That by two different instincts is led , Born to the one , and to the other bred , And trains him up with rudiments more false Than nature does her stupid ...
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... greater mystery in the art Of painting to foreshorten any part Than draw it out , so ' t is in books the chief Of all perfections to be plain and brief . CXVIII . Butler . Great efforts of anger to little purpose , serve for plea ...
... greater mystery in the art Of painting to foreshorten any part Than draw it out , so ' t is in books the chief Of all perfections to be plain and brief . CXVIII . Butler . Great efforts of anger to little purpose , serve for plea ...
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... fall into a man's con- versation , the first thing you should consider is , whether he has a greater inclination to hear you , or that you should hear him . - Steele . CL . To smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be 38 LACONICS .
... fall into a man's con- versation , the first thing you should consider is , whether he has a greater inclination to hear you , or that you should hear him . - Steele . CL . To smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be 38 LACONICS .
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... greater efficacy than his own experience warrants , is an impostor.- Lavater . CLII . Appetite , which is elder brother to reason , being the lad of stronger growth , is sure , on every contest , to take the advantage of drawing all to ...
... greater efficacy than his own experience warrants , is an impostor.- Lavater . CLII . Appetite , which is elder brother to reason , being the lad of stronger growth , is sure , on every contest , to take the advantage of drawing all to ...
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