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... Colton . ADVICE AND EXAMPLE . -He that gives good advice , builds with one 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 ...
... Colton . ADVICE AND EXAMPLE . -He that gives good advice , builds with one 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 ...
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... Colton . ADVICE OF FRIENDS . - The advice of our friends must be attended to with a judicious reserve ; we must not give our- selves up to it , and blindly follow their determination , right or wrong - Charron . AFFECTATION ...
... Colton . ADVICE OF FRIENDS . - The advice of our friends must be attended to with a judicious reserve ; we must not give our- selves up to it , and blindly follow their determination , right or wrong - Charron . AFFECTATION ...
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... Colton . AUTHORS , THEIR CONVERSATION AND WRITINGS.— -A transi- tion from an author's book to his conversation , is too often like an entrance into a large city , after a distant prospect . Remotely we see nothing but spires of temples ...
... Colton . AUTHORS , THEIR CONVERSATION AND WRITINGS.— -A transi- tion from an author's book to his conversation , is too often like an entrance into a large city , after a distant prospect . Remotely we see nothing but spires of temples ...
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... Colton . B. BABBLING . - Fire and sword are but slow engines of de- struction in comparison with the babbler - Steele . BASENESS . - Every base occupation makes one sharp in its practice , and dull in every other . - Sir P. Sidney ...
... Colton . B. BABBLING . - Fire and sword are but slow engines of de- struction in comparison with the babbler - Steele . BASENESS . - Every base occupation makes one sharp in its practice , and dull in every other . - Sir P. Sidney ...
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... Colton . BIOGRAPHY . - The remains of great and good men , like Elijah's mantle , ought to be gathered up and preserved by survivors ; that as their works follow them in the reward of them , they may stay behind in their benefit . - M ...
... Colton . BIOGRAPHY . - The remains of great and good men , like Elijah's mantle , ought to be gathered up and preserved by survivors ; that as their works follow them in the reward of them , they may stay behind in their benefit . - M ...
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