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Let the foundation of thy affection be virtue , then make the building as rich and
as glorious as thou canst . If the foundation be beauty or wealth , and the building
virtue , the foundation is too weak for the building , and it will fall . Happy is he the
...
Let the foundation of thy affection be virtue , then make the building as rich and
as glorious as thou canst . If the foundation be beauty or wealth , and the building
virtue , the foundation is too weak for the building , and it will fall . Happy is he the
...
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132 Burke : Discussion on the Traitorous Correspondence Bill . 1793 . Conceal
not the meanness of thy family , nor think it disgraceful to be descended from
peasants ; for when it is seen that thou art not thyself ashamed , none will
endeavor to ...
132 Burke : Discussion on the Traitorous Correspondence Bill . 1793 . Conceal
not the meanness of thy family , nor think it disgraceful to be descended from
peasants ; for when it is seen that thou art not thyself ashamed , none will
endeavor to ...
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Thou , too , art a conqueror or victor , but of the true sort ; namely , over the Devil .
Thou , too , hast built what will outlast all marble and metal , and be a wonder -
bringing city of the mind , a temple and seminary and prophetic mount , whereto ...
Thou , too , art a conqueror or victor , but of the true sort ; namely , over the Devil .
Thou , too , hast built what will outlast all marble and metal , and be a wonder -
bringing city of the mind , a temple and seminary and prophetic mount , whereto ...
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Let there be gall enough in thy ink , though thou write with a goose - pen , no
matter . 362 Shakespeare : Twelfth Night . Act iii . Sc . 2 . Look in thy heart and
write . 363 Sir Philip Sidney : Maxim . A quick ear and eye , an ability to discern
the ...
Let there be gall enough in thy ink , though thou write with a goose - pen , no
matter . 362 Shakespeare : Twelfth Night . Act iii . Sc . 2 . Look in thy heart and
write . 363 Sir Philip Sidney : Maxim . A quick ear and eye , an ability to discern
the ...
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... help of art , and may have the fortune of a conquest , but cannot keep it .
Beauty and art can no more be asunder than love and honor . 430 Wycherley :
Lore in a Wood . Act iii . Sc . 2 . BEGGARS - see Valor . Thou hast seen a farmer
BEAUTY.
... help of art , and may have the fortune of a conquest , but cannot keep it .
Beauty and art can no more be asunder than love and honor . 430 Wycherley :
Lore in a Wood . Act iii . Sc . 2 . BEGGARS - see Valor . Thou hast seen a farmer
BEAUTY.
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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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