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Page 17
... vanity and morosity contract a pride that never departs from them whilst they are alive , and they die in an opinion that they have left none wiser behind them , though they have left none behind them who ever had any esteem of their ...
... vanity and morosity contract a pride that never departs from them whilst they are alive , and they die in an opinion that they have left none wiser behind them , though they have left none behind them who ever had any esteem of their ...
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... VANITY . - Who would not be covetous , and with reason , if health could be purchased with gold ? who not ambitious , if it were at the command of power , or re- stored by honor ? But alas ! a white staff will not help gouty feet to ...
... VANITY . - Who would not be covetous , and with reason , if health could be purchased with gold ? who not ambitious , if it were at the command of power , or re- stored by honor ? But alas ! a white staff will not help gouty feet to ...
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... vanities and fopperies , the vanity of high birth is the greatest . True nobility is derived from virtue , not from birth . Titles , indeed , may be purchased ; but vir- tue is the only coin that makes the bargain valid . — Burton ...
... vanities and fopperies , the vanity of high birth is the greatest . True nobility is derived from virtue , not from birth . Titles , indeed , may be purchased ; but vir- tue is the only coin that makes the bargain valid . — Burton ...
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... vanity does he feel , though he believes himself united to God ! How far is , he from abjectness , when he ranks himself with the worms of the earth . - Pascal . CHURCH , SLEEPING IN . - It is a shame when the church itself is a ...
... vanity does he feel , though he believes himself united to God ! How far is , he from abjectness , when he ranks himself with the worms of the earth . - Pascal . CHURCH , SLEEPING IN . - It is a shame when the church itself is a ...
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... vanities in the declension of his age , he knows not what to do with himself if he cannot think . - Blount . CONTEMPT .-- Contempt is commonly taken by the young for an evidence of understanding ; but no habit of THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 47.
... vanities in the declension of his age , he knows not what to do with himself if he cannot think . - Blount . CONTEMPT .-- Contempt is commonly taken by the young for an evidence of understanding ; but no habit of THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 47.
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