A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... Society and Solitude . Eloquence . We prize books , and they prize them most who are them- selves wise . 518 Emerson : Letters and Social Aims . Quotation and Originality . Books , like metals , require to be stamped with some valu ...
... Society and Solitude . Eloquence . We prize books , and they prize them most who are them- selves wise . 518 Emerson : Letters and Social Aims . Quotation and Originality . Books , like metals , require to be stamped with some valu ...
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... society refines , new books must ever be- come more necessary . 524 Goldsmith : The Citizen of the World . Letter lxxv . They bind together the different scattered divisions of our personal identity . They are landmarks and guides in ...
... society refines , new books must ever be- come more necessary . 524 Goldsmith : The Citizen of the World . Letter lxxv . They bind together the different scattered divisions of our personal identity . They are landmarks and guides in ...
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... society , is subdued , as Shakespeare says of the dyer's hand , to what it works in . 551 Lowell : Books and Libraries . Address . Chelsea , Mass . , Dec. 22 , 1885 . To have any chance of lasting , a book must satisfy , not merely some ...
... society , is subdued , as Shakespeare says of the dyer's hand , to what it works in . 551 Lowell : Books and Libraries . Address . Chelsea , Mass . , Dec. 22 , 1885 . To have any chance of lasting , a book must satisfy , not merely some ...
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... society of Jesus , in a nobler sense , or a humane society , whereby a second or duplicate Europe arises , which , like London , lies in several counties and districts . As now , on the one side , the book - pollen flying everywhere ...
... society of Jesus , in a nobler sense , or a humane society , whereby a second or duplicate Europe arises , which , like London , lies in several counties and districts . As now , on the one side , the book - pollen flying everywhere ...
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... Society and Conver- sation . ( Rowe , Translator . ) BURDENS . Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life , and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use . 598 BUSINESS . Johnson ...
... Society and Conver- sation . ( Rowe , Translator . ) BURDENS . Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life , and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use . 598 BUSINESS . Johnson ...
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