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Some writers almost unknown to “ literature ” have been drawn upon , for the
simple reason that utterances which have come from them , in addresses or
newspaper articles , have seemed to me sufficiently valuable , because of their
terseness ...
Some writers almost unknown to “ literature ” have been drawn upon , for the
simple reason that utterances which have come from them , in addresses or
newspaper articles , have seemed to me sufficiently valuable , because of their
terseness ...
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11 Shakespeare : Merchant of Venice . Act i . Sc . 2 . Cassius and Brutus shone
with pre - eminent lustre , for the very reason that their very images were not
displayed . 12 Tacitus : Annals . Bk . iii . Ch . 76 . ACCIDENTS Chapter of
accidents .
11 Shakespeare : Merchant of Venice . Act i . Sc . 2 . Cassius and Brutus shone
with pre - eminent lustre , for the very reason that their very images were not
displayed . 12 Tacitus : Annals . Bk . iii . Ch . 76 . ACCIDENTS Chapter of
accidents .
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Every human action gains in honor , in grace , in all true magnificence , by its
regard to things that are to come . 31 Ruskin : The Seven Lamps of Architecture .
Ch . 6 . Strong reasons make strong actions . 35 Shakespeare : King John . Act iii
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Every human action gains in honor , in grace , in all true magnificence , by its
regard to things that are to come . 31 Ruskin : The Seven Lamps of Architecture .
Ch . 6 . Strong reasons make strong actions . 35 Shakespeare : King John . Act iii
.
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Reason , indeed , will soon inform us that our estimation of birth is arbitrary and
capricious , and that dead ancestors can have no influence but upon imagination
. 137 Johnson : The Adrenturer . No . 111 . l ' roud men are very much mistaken .
Reason , indeed , will soon inform us that our estimation of birth is arbitrary and
capricious , and that dead ancestors can have no influence but upon imagination
. 137 Johnson : The Adrenturer . No . 111 . l ' roud men are very much mistaken .
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An author is a solitary being , who , for the same reason he pleases one , must
consequently displease another . 302 Isaac Disraeli : Literary Character of Men
of Genius . Literary Miscellanies . On Reading . Authors stand between the ...
An author is a solitary being , who , for the same reason he pleases one , must
consequently displease another . 302 Isaac Disraeli : Literary Character of Men
of Genius . Literary Miscellanies . On Reading . Authors stand between the ...
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| Title | A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient Sources The Astor prose series |
| Editor | Anna Lydia Ward |
| Publisher | T. Y. Crowell & Company, 1889 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 701 pages |
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