A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... EDITOR OF " A DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS " SURF AND WAVE , " ETC. , ETC. FROM THE POETS , " " A great man quotes bravely , and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good . " - EMERSON . NEW YORK : THOMAS ...
... EDITOR OF " A DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS " SURF AND WAVE , " ETC. , ETC. FROM THE POETS , " " A great man quotes bravely , and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good . " - EMERSON . NEW YORK : THOMAS ...
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... editing , and the indexer who knows where to exercise discretion . Any simpleton may write a book , but it requires high skill to make an index . " Rossiter Johnson : Manuscript . " ONE must spend time in gathering knowledge to give it ...
... editing , and the indexer who knows where to exercise discretion . Any simpleton may write a book , but it requires high skill to make an index . " Rossiter Johnson : Manuscript . " ONE must spend time in gathering knowledge to give it ...
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... to and from the Late Samuel Johnson . From Original MS . by Hester Lynch Piozzi , London , 1788. II . 139. ( George Birkbeck Hill , Editor . ) Advice , as it always gives a temporary appearance of ADVERTISEMENTS – ADVICE . 7.
... to and from the Late Samuel Johnson . From Original MS . by Hester Lynch Piozzi , London , 1788. II . 139. ( George Birkbeck Hill , Editor . ) Advice , as it always gives a temporary appearance of ADVERTISEMENTS – ADVICE . 7.
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... Editor , 1887. ) ANCESTRY - see Fame , Merit . A man who has ancestors is like a representative of the past . 131 Bulwer - Lytton : The Lady of Lyons . Act ii . Sc . 1 . Wisdom of our ancestors . 132 Burke : Discussion on the Traitorous ...
... Editor , 1887. ) ANCESTRY - see Fame , Merit . A man who has ancestors is like a representative of the past . 131 Bulwer - Lytton : The Lady of Lyons . Act ii . Sc . 1 . Wisdom of our ancestors . 132 Burke : Discussion on the Traitorous ...
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... Editor , 1887. ) - see Antiquarian . Nothing is old but the mind . 156 Emerson : Letters and Social Aims . Progress of Culture . They who make research into antiquity , may be said to pass often through many dark lobbies and dusky ...
... Editor , 1887. ) - see Antiquarian . Nothing is old but the mind . 156 Emerson : Letters and Social Aims . Progress of Culture . They who make research into antiquity , may be said to pass often through many dark lobbies and dusky ...
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