A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... Trans . ) ADVERTISEMENTS . The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye ; without , a good thing may pass over unobserved , or be lost among commis- sions of bankrupt . 63 Addison ...
... Trans . ) ADVERTISEMENTS . The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye ; without , a good thing may pass over unobserved , or be lost among commis- sions of bankrupt . 63 Addison ...
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... Trans . ) ANGLING We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries : " Doubtless God could have made a better berry , but doubt- less God never did ; " and so , if I might be judge , God never did make a more calm , quiet ...
... Trans . ) ANGLING We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries : " Doubtless God could have made a better berry , but doubt- less God never did ; " and so , if I might be judge , God never did make a more calm , quiet ...
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... last . 167 A. Bronson Alcott : Table Talk . I. Learning . Criticism . APPREHENSION . It is worse to apprehend than to suffer . 168 La Bruyère : Characters . Of Man . ( Rowe , Trans . ) ARBITERS The world at large is the arbiter at large 16.
... last . 167 A. Bronson Alcott : Table Talk . I. Learning . Criticism . APPREHENSION . It is worse to apprehend than to suffer . 168 La Bruyère : Characters . Of Man . ( Rowe , Trans . ) ARBITERS The world at large is the arbiter at large 16.
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... ( Louandre edition . ) The name is the man ; renown is the writer . 358 Joseph Roux : Meditations of a Parish Priest . Literature . Poets , 45. ( Hapgood , Trans . ) Two sorts of writers possess genius : those who think 35.
... ( Louandre edition . ) The name is the man ; renown is the writer . 358 Joseph Roux : Meditations of a Parish Priest . Literature . Poets , 45. ( Hapgood , Trans . ) Two sorts of writers possess genius : those who think 35.
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... Trans . ) Every great writer may be at once known by his guiding the mind far from himself , to the beauty which is not of his creation , and the knowledge which is past his finding out . 360 Ruskin : Modern Painters . Preface ...
... Trans . ) Every great writer may be at once known by his guiding the mind far from himself , to the beauty which is not of his creation , and the knowledge which is past his finding out . 360 Ruskin : Modern Painters . Preface ...
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