A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... : Letters 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.
... : Letters 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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... Hill Monument , June 17 , 1843 . AMIABILITY . Amiableness is the object of love , the scope and end is to obtain it , for whose sake we love , and which our mind covets to enjoy . 124 Burton : Anatomy of Melancholy . Pt . iii . Sec . i ...
... Hill Monument , June 17 , 1843 . AMIABILITY . Amiableness is the object of love , the scope and end is to obtain it , for whose sake we love , and which our mind covets to enjoy . 124 Burton : Anatomy of Melancholy . Pt . iii . Sec . i ...
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... Hill , 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 ...
... Hill , 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 ...
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... Hill , 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 ...
... Hill , 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 ...
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... Hills . Lake Winnipiseogee . Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man for whatsoever uses , that the sight of them contributes to his mental health , power , and pleasure . 174 Ruskin : The Seven ...
... Hills . Lake Winnipiseogee . Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man for whatsoever uses , that the sight of them contributes to his mental health , power , and pleasure . 174 Ruskin : The Seven ...
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