World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... Colton . BRIBERY . — A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint , will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy . Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding ; it dissipates ...
... Colton . BRIBERY . — A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint , will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy . Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding ; it dissipates ...
Page 55
... Colton . COUNTRY , LIFE IN .-- The country is both the philosopher's garden and library , in which he reads and contemplates the power , wisdom and goodness of God .-- Penn . COURAGE - Wounds and hardships provoke our courage , and when ...
... Colton . COUNTRY , LIFE IN .-- The country is both the philosopher's garden and library , in which he reads and contemplates the power , wisdom and goodness of God .-- Penn . COURAGE - Wounds and hardships provoke our courage , and when ...
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... Colton . • CREDIT - Credit is like a looking - glass , which when only sullied by a breath , may be wiped clear again , but if once cracked can never be repaired . - Scott . CREDIT , A BOND OF SOCIETY . Nothing so cements and holds ...
... Colton . • CREDIT - Credit is like a looking - glass , which when only sullied by a breath , may be wiped clear again , but if once cracked can never be repaired . - Scott . CREDIT , A BOND OF SOCIETY . Nothing so cements and holds ...
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... Colton . DEATH - I congratulate you and myself that life is fast passing away . What a superlatively grand and consoling idea is that of death ! Without this radiant idea - this de- lightful morning star , indicating that the luminary ...
... Colton . DEATH - I congratulate you and myself that life is fast passing away . What a superlatively grand and consoling idea is that of death ! Without this radiant idea - this de- lightful morning star , indicating that the luminary ...
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... Colton . DISLIKE OF OUR LOT.— -To think well of every other man's condition , and to dislike our own , is one of the misfortunes of human nature . " Pleased with each other's lot , our own we hate . " - Burton . DISLIKES . - Whatever ...
... Colton . DISLIKE OF OUR LOT.— -To think well of every other man's condition , and to dislike our own , is one of the misfortunes of human nature . " Pleased with each other's lot , our own we hate . " - Burton . DISLIKES . - Whatever ...
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