Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 2C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... speak the downright truth , and whether the rest of the world will give us the privilege or not , we have so little to ask of them , that we can take it . - Steele . XX . A knave is like a tooth - drawer , that maintains his own teeth ...
... speak the downright truth , and whether the rest of the world will give us the privilege or not , we have so little to ask of them , that we can take it . - Steele . XX . A knave is like a tooth - drawer , that maintains his own teeth ...
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... speaking , it will bear a doubt , if a gamester has any other title to be called a man , except under the dis- tinction of Hobbes , and upon claim to the charter of homo hominis lupus . - As a human wolf I grant he has a right to his ...
... speaking , it will bear a doubt , if a gamester has any other title to be called a man , except under the dis- tinction of Hobbes , and upon claim to the charter of homo hominis lupus . - As a human wolf I grant he has a right to his ...
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... speak of sin as a gentleman . - Steele . LXXXVII . The wisdom of the ignorant somewhat resembles the instinct of animals ; it is diffused but in a very narrow sphere , but within the circle it acts with vigour , unifor mity , and ...
... speak of sin as a gentleman . - Steele . LXXXVII . The wisdom of the ignorant somewhat resembles the instinct of animals ; it is diffused but in a very narrow sphere , but within the circle it acts with vigour , unifor mity , and ...
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... speaking , is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the me- mory : nothing can be made of nothing : he who has laid up no materials , can produce no combinations . - Sir ...
... speaking , is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the me- mory : nothing can be made of nothing : he who has laid up no materials , can produce no combinations . - Sir ...
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... speak it wrong , A hopeful sign of parts and wit , And that they ' improve and benefit : As those that have been taught amiss In lib'ral arts and sciences , Must all they ' ad learnt before in vain Forget quite , and begin again . CLI ...
... speak it wrong , A hopeful sign of parts and wit , And that they ' improve and benefit : As those that have been taught amiss In lib'ral arts and sciences , Must all they ' ad learnt before in vain Forget quite , and begin again . CLI ...
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