A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... person who thinks himself to be somebody , there is nothing more disgraceful than to ex- hibit himself as held in honor , not on his own account , but for the renown of his forefathers ; for hereditary honor is to descendants a treasure ...
... person who thinks himself to be somebody , there is nothing more disgraceful than to ex- hibit himself as held in honor , not on his own account , but for the renown of his forefathers ; for hereditary honor is to descendants a treasure ...
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... persons . 385 Hume : Essays . XIII . Of the Rise and the Prog- ress of the Arts and Sciences . Avarice is a uniform and tractable vice : other intellectual distempers are different in different constitutions of mind ; that which soothes ...
... persons . 385 Hume : Essays . XIII . Of the Rise and the Prog- ress of the Arts and Sciences . Avarice is a uniform and tractable vice : other intellectual distempers are different in different constitutions of mind ; that which soothes ...
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... person who has examined the evi- dences of religion for himself , and who accepts them because , after examination , he is satisfied of their genuineness and sufficiency . 437 Hamerton : Modern Frenchmen . Henri Perreyne . A man may be ...
... person who has examined the evi- dences of religion for himself , and who accepts them because , after examination , he is satisfied of their genuineness and sufficiency . 437 Hamerton : Modern Frenchmen . Henri Perreyne . A man may be ...
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... persons whom the writer believes to exist in the million . 515 Emerson : Letters and Social Aims . Progress of Culture . In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight . He who has once known its satisfactions is ...
... persons whom the writer believes to exist in the million . 515 Emerson : Letters and Social Aims . Progress of Culture . In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight . He who has once known its satisfactions is ...
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... persons . 906 A. Bronson Alcott : Table Talk . VI . Discourse . Canon of Conversation . Debate is angular , conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity . 907 A. Bronson Alcott : Concord Days . May . Conversation . Debate ...
... persons . 906 A. Bronson Alcott : Table Talk . VI . Discourse . Canon of Conversation . Debate is angular , conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity . 907 A. Bronson Alcott : Concord Days . May . Conversation . Debate ...
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