World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... unequal , for thou canst bear ill language with ease , and return it with pleasure ; and to me it is unusual to hear , and disagreeable to speak it . " ACCOUNTANT , THE BEST . - He is the best THE WORLD'S LACONICS. ...
... unequal , for thou canst bear ill language with ease , and return it with pleasure ; and to me it is unusual to hear , and disagreeable to speak it . " ACCOUNTANT , THE BEST . - He is the best THE WORLD'S LACONICS. ...
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... bear a countenance more princely than they are wont ; for it is the temper of the highest hearts , like the palm - tree , to strive most upwards , when it is most bur- thened . - Sir P. Sidney . AFFLICTION , OUR THOUGHTS IN.— -We should ...
... bear a countenance more princely than they are wont ; for it is the temper of the highest hearts , like the palm - tree , to strive most upwards , when it is most bur- thened . - Sir P. Sidney . AFFLICTION , OUR THOUGHTS IN.— -We should ...
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... bear to be always employed either in duties or meditations without any relaxation . ANATOMY . - Whoever considers the study of anatomy , I believe , will never be an atheist ; the frame of man's body , and coherence of his parts , being ...
... bear to be always employed either in duties or meditations without any relaxation . ANATOMY . - Whoever considers the study of anatomy , I believe , will never be an atheist ; the frame of man's body , and coherence of his parts , being ...
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... bear . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise , and all the reproach of falsehood . CENSURE , THE EMINENT EXPOSED TO . — It is a folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure , and a weakness to be affected with it . All ...
... bear . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise , and all the reproach of falsehood . CENSURE , THE EMINENT EXPOSED TO . — It is a folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure , and a weakness to be affected with it . All ...
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... bear . " - John Foster . DISPUTE . Do not use thyself to dispute against thine own judgment , to show thy wit , lest it prepare thee to be too in- different about what is right ; nor against another man to vex him , or for mere trial of ...
... bear . " - John Foster . DISPUTE . Do not use thyself to dispute against thine own judgment , to show thy wit , lest it prepare thee to be too in- different about what is right ; nor against another man to vex him , or for mere trial of ...
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