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... less lofty type , have their happy moments , in which they put forth their best efforts ; and a collection of these rare thoughts , is , of course , nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems . The gathering of such a collection ...
... less lofty type , have their happy moments , in which they put forth their best efforts ; and a collection of these rare thoughts , is , of course , nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems . The gathering of such a collection ...
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... less than a prison to the soul . - Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury . ANGER . He that would be angry and sin not , must not be angry with anything but sin . - Secker . ANGER . - Anger is an affected madness compounded of pride and folly ...
... less than a prison to the soul . - Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury . ANGER . He that would be angry and sin not , must not be angry with anything but sin . - Secker . ANGER . - Anger is an affected madness compounded of pride and folly ...
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... less if carried abroad : a person who should attempt to cir- culate his native trash in another country would be thought either ridiculous or culpable . He is truly well bred who knows when to value and when to despise those national ...
... less if carried abroad : a person who should attempt to cir- culate his native trash in another country would be thought either ridiculous or culpable . He is truly well bred who knows when to value and when to despise those national ...
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... less ; but the manner , wheth er by bowing the body , kneeling , prostration , pulling off the upper part of our dress , or taking away the lower , is a mat- ter of custom . - Sir J. Reynolds . CIVILITY OF THE PROUD . - The insolent ...
... less ; but the manner , wheth er by bowing the body , kneeling , prostration , pulling off the upper part of our dress , or taking away the lower , is a mat- ter of custom . - Sir J. Reynolds . CIVILITY OF THE PROUD . - The insolent ...
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... less , upon every subject ; and if you have not , you had better talk sillily upon a subject of other people's than your own choosing . - Chesterfield . COMPANY , HOW TO PLEASE IN - The true art of being agreeable , is to appear well ...
... less , upon every subject ; and if you have not , you had better talk sillily upon a subject of other people's than your own choosing . - Chesterfield . COMPANY , HOW TO PLEASE IN - The true art of being agreeable , is to appear well ...
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