World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... hand ; he that gives good counsel and example , builds with both ; but he that gives good admonition and bad example , builds with one hand and pulls down with the other . - Bacon . ADVICE , EASILY OFFERED . - There is nothing of which ...
... hand ; he that gives good counsel and example , builds with both ; but he that gives good admonition and bad example , builds with one hand and pulls down with the other . - Bacon . ADVICE , EASILY OFFERED . - There is nothing of which ...
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... hand of God in his favor , as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry . - Franklin . AGRICULTURE , ITS INFLUENCE . - Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country ; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked ...
... hand of God in his favor , as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry . - Franklin . AGRICULTURE , ITS INFLUENCE . - Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country ; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked ...
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... hands in which they think proper to lodge it . - Chesterfield . ASSERTIONS . - Weigh not so much what men assert , as what they prove ; remembering that truth is simple and naked , and needs not invention to apparel her comeliness.— Sir ...
... hands in which they think proper to lodge it . - Chesterfield . ASSERTIONS . - Weigh not so much what men assert , as what they prove ; remembering that truth is simple and naked , and needs not invention to apparel her comeliness.— Sir ...
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... hand , and always disinterested ; having this ad- vantage over oral instructors , that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please . - Chambers ' Dictionary . BOOKS . - I deny not , but that it 28 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... hand , and always disinterested ; having this ad- vantage over oral instructors , that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please . - Chambers ' Dictionary . BOOKS . - I deny not , but that it 28 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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... hand , unless wariness be used , as good almost kill a man as kill a good book : ` who kills a man kills a reasonable creature , God's image ; but he who destroys a good book , kills reason itself , kills the image of God , as it were ...
... hand , unless wariness be used , as good almost kill a man as kill a good book : ` who kills a man kills a reasonable creature , God's image ; but he who destroys a good book , kills reason itself , kills the image of God , as it were ...
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