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... say light learning wisdom stifles , There is delight in stringing useful trifles . " If trifles are facts , they cease to be trivial ; and in these stirring times , when our allotted leisure is becoming infinitessimally small , the ...
... say light learning wisdom stifles , There is delight in stringing useful trifles . " If trifles are facts , they cease to be trivial ; and in these stirring times , when our allotted leisure is becoming infinitessimally small , the ...
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... says Duppa , in his notes to Johnson's Jour- nal of a Tour to Wales , was put up to sale in 1812 , when there was a competition amongst men eminent for learning , rank and fortune ; and , according to their estimation of its value , it ...
... says Duppa , in his notes to Johnson's Jour- nal of a Tour to Wales , was put up to sale in 1812 , when there was a competition amongst men eminent for learning , rank and fortune ; and , according to their estimation of its value , it ...
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... say , the Content of all the Holie Scripture bothe of the Olde and Newe Testament , truely translated after the Veryte of the Hebrue and Greke Textes , by the dylygent Studye of dyuerse excellent learned men , expert in the forsayde ...
... say , the Content of all the Holie Scripture bothe of the Olde and Newe Testament , truely translated after the Veryte of the Hebrue and Greke Textes , by the dylygent Studye of dyuerse excellent learned men , expert in the forsayde ...
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... says , “ for the sherry ; it was the best of the kind I ever drank . " The current coin was at that period wretchedly debased . In one letter Dryden says , " I expect forty pounds in good silver , not such as I had formerly . I am not ...
... says , “ for the sherry ; it was the best of the kind I ever drank . " The current coin was at that period wretchedly debased . In one letter Dryden says , " I expect forty pounds in good silver , not such as I had formerly . I am not ...
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... says Shenstone , an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich . " Wealth usually ministers to the baser passions of our nature -it engenders selfishness , feeds arrogance , and inspires self- security , and deadens and stultifies the ...
... says Shenstone , an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich . " Wealth usually ministers to the baser passions of our nature -it engenders selfishness , feeds arrogance , and inspires self- security , and deadens and stultifies the ...
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