A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient Sources |
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85 George Eliot : Life of George Eliot , by J . W . Cross . Ch . 11 . Letter to Miss
Sara lennell , June 19 , 1861 . Let the foundation of thy affection be virtue , then
make the building as rich and as glorious as thou canst . If the foundation be
beauty ...
85 George Eliot : Life of George Eliot , by J . W . Cross . Ch . 11 . Letter to Miss
Sara lennell , June 19 , 1861 . Let the foundation of thy affection be virtue , then
make the building as rich and as glorious as thou canst . If the foundation be
beauty ...
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... signal that he should give them up . 129 Leigh Hunt : Table Talk . Sporting . I
am a great friend to public amusements , for they kecp people from vice . 130
Johnson : Boswell ' s Life of Johnson . II . 169 . ( George Birkbeck Hill , Editor ,
1887 . ) ...
... signal that he should give them up . 129 Leigh Hunt : Table Talk . Sporting . I
am a great friend to public amusements , for they kecp people from vice . 130
Johnson : Boswell ' s Life of Johnson . II . 169 . ( George Birkbeck Hill , Editor ,
1887 . ) ...
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144 George William Curtis : Prue and I . VI . Titbot . tom ' s Spectacles . Anger is
one of the sinews of the soul . 145 Fuller : The Holy and Profane States . The
Holy State . Of Anger . Anger is a fierce and sudden flame , which may be kindled
in ...
144 George William Curtis : Prue and I . VI . Titbot . tom ' s Spectacles . Anger is
one of the sinews of the soul . 145 Fuller : The Holy and Profane States . The
Holy State . Of Anger . Anger is a fierce and sudden flame , which may be kindled
in ...
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( George Birkbeck Hill , Editor , 1887 . ) ANTIQUITY – 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
...
( George Birkbeck Hill , Editor , 1887 . ) ANTIQUITY – 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
...
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191 George S . Hillard : Life and Campaigns of George B . McClellan . Ch . 3 .
ART — see Archæology , Architecture , Artists , Beauty , Life , Literature , Nature ,
Painting , Perfection , Science , Sculptors , Sculpture . The art which is grand and
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191 George S . Hillard : Life and Campaigns of George B . McClellan . Ch . 3 .
ART — see Archæology , Architecture , Artists , Beauty , Life , Literature , Nature ,
Painting , Perfection , Science , Sculptors , Sculpture . The art which is grand and
...
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| Title | A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient Sources The Astor prose series |
| Editor | Anna Lydia Ward |
| Publisher | T. Y. Crowell & Company, 1889 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 701 pages |
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