A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... learning . It may administer matter to work in , or objects to work upon ; but wit and wis- dom are born with a man . 7 John Selden : Table Talk . Learning . The measure of capacity is the measure of sphere to either man or woman . 8 ...
... learning . It may administer matter to work in , or objects to work upon ; but wit and wis- dom are born with a man . 7 John Selden : Table Talk . Learning . The measure of capacity is the measure of sphere to either man or woman . 8 ...
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... 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.
... 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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... : Washington Irving . Ch . 6. American Men of Letters . A painter is a companion for kings and emperors . 279 Benjamin West : Exclamation in a Conversation . ASPIRATION . Enflamed with the study of learning and the ARTISTS . 27.
... : Washington Irving . Ch . 6. American Men of Letters . A painter is a companion for kings and emperors . 279 Benjamin West : Exclamation in a Conversation . ASPIRATION . Enflamed with the study of learning and the ARTISTS . 27.
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... learning and the admiration of virtue ; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots , dear to God and famous to all ages . Milton : Tractate of Education . 280 ASSURANCE . God Almighty cannot prevent me from ...
... learning and the admiration of virtue ; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots , dear to God and famous to all ages . Milton : Tractate of Education . 280 ASSURANCE . God Almighty cannot prevent me from ...
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... learning . 310 311 Hawthorne : American Note - Books . 1842 . The love of letters is the forlorn hope of the man of let- His ruling passion is the love of fame . ters . 312 Hazlitt : Sketches and Essays . On the Conversation of Lords ...
... learning . 310 311 Hawthorne : American Note - Books . 1842 . The love of letters is the forlorn hope of the man of let- His ruling passion is the love of fame . ters . 312 Hazlitt : Sketches and Essays . On the Conversation of Lords ...
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