A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... Hazlitt : Sketches and Essays . of Lords . On the Conversation In the adversity of our best friends we always find some- thing which is not wholly displeasing to us . 61 La Rochefoucauld : Reflections . No. 15 . Great men often rejoice ...
... Hazlitt : Sketches and Essays . of Lords . On the Conversation In the adversity of our best friends we always find some- thing which is not wholly displeasing to us . 61 La Rochefoucauld : Reflections . No. 15 . Great men often rejoice ...
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... Hazlitt : Characteristics . No. 88 . 73 The advice that is wanted is generally unwelcome , and that which is not wanted is evidently impertinent . 74 Johnson : Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson . From Original MS . by Hester ...
... Hazlitt : Characteristics . No. 88 . 73 The advice that is wanted is generally unwelcome , and that which is not wanted is evidently impertinent . 74 Johnson : Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson . From Original MS . by Hester ...
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... Hazlitt : Characteristics . No. 157 . Johnson : Rambler . No. 20 . Contempt is the proper punishment of affectation . 83 AFFECTION . Our affections are our life . We live by these . They sup- ply our warmth . 85 84 Channing : Note ...
... Hazlitt : Characteristics . No. 157 . Johnson : Rambler . No. 20 . Contempt is the proper punishment of affectation . 83 AFFECTION . Our affections are our life . We live by these . They sup- ply our warmth . 85 84 Channing : Note ...
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... Hazlitt : Table Talk . Second Series . Pt . i . Essay x . On Thought and Action . Ambition is not a weakness unless it be disproportioned to the capacity . To have more ambition than ability is to be at once weak and unhappy . - 104 ...
... Hazlitt : Table Talk . Second Series . Pt . i . Essay x . On Thought and Action . Ambition is not a weakness unless it be disproportioned to the capacity . To have more ambition than ability is to be at once weak and unhappy . - 104 ...
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... Hazlitt : Table Talk . Second Series . Pt . i . Essay xviii . Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars . Art is but the mirror of life . 207 Heine : Wit , Wisdom , and Pathos . The Romantic School . ART . Art is higher than nations , older ...
... Hazlitt : Table Talk . Second Series . Pt . i . Essay xviii . Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars . Art is but the mirror of life . 207 Heine : Wit , Wisdom , and Pathos . The Romantic School . ART . Art is higher than nations , older ...
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