A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... man . It is to this hour , and at all hours , the vivifying influence in man's life . 52 Carlyle : Heroes and Hero Worship . The Hero as Divinity . There are charms made only for distant admiration . No spectacle is nobler than a blaze ...
... man . It is to this hour , and at all hours , the vivifying influence in man's life . 52 Carlyle : Heroes and Hero Worship . The Hero as Divinity . There are charms made only for distant admiration . No spectacle is nobler than a blaze ...
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... man's reputation in that one point where he is ambitious to be distinguished is never forgotten or forgiven . 102 ... man who can be a first - rate something- as every man can be who is a man at all has no right to be a fifth- rate ...
... man's reputation in that one point where he is ambitious to be distinguished is never forgotten or forgiven . 102 ... man who can be a first - rate something- as every man can be who is a man at all has no right to be a fifth- rate ...
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... man's companion knows of his shortcomings is from his apology . rarely Nine times 162 Holmes : The Professor at the ... man who rides out for an appetite consults but little the dignity of human nature . 164 APPLAUSE . Johnson : Works ...
... man's companion knows of his shortcomings is from his apology . rarely Nine times 162 Holmes : The Professor at the ... man who rides out for an appetite consults but little the dignity of human nature . 164 APPLAUSE . Johnson : Works ...
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... man can be a great officer who is not infinitely patient of details , for an army is an aggregation of details , a defect ... man's mind , and can no more be born again than can the man who created - to go it ; but again to select , to ...
... man can be a great officer who is not infinitely patient of details , for an army is an aggregation of details , a defect ... man's mind , and can no more be born again than can the man who created - to go it ; but again to select , to ...
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... man . As embodied in man's conduct , it is called the path of duty . 446 Mencius : Works . Bk . vii . Pt . ii . Ch . 16. ( Legge , Trans . ) Benevolence is the tranquil habitation of man , and right- eousness is his straight path . 447 ...
... man . As embodied in man's conduct , it is called the path of duty . 446 Mencius : Works . Bk . vii . Pt . ii . Ch . 16. ( Legge , Trans . ) Benevolence is the tranquil habitation of man , and right- eousness is his straight path . 447 ...
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