World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... conscience informs us we do not merit , we receive with the same gratitude that we do favors given away . — Goldsmith . COMPLIMENTS OF CONGRATULATION . - Compliments of con- gratulation are always kindly taken , and cost one nothing but ...
... conscience informs us we do not merit , we receive with the same gratitude that we do favors given away . — Goldsmith . COMPLIMENTS OF CONGRATULATION . - Compliments of con- gratulation are always kindly taken , and cost one nothing but ...
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... CONSCIENCE . - Conscience is a great ledger book in which all our offences are written and registered , and which time reveals to the sense and feeling of the offender . - Burton . CONSCIENCE , A GOOD .-- A good conscience is to the ...
... CONSCIENCE . - Conscience is a great ledger book in which all our offences are written and registered , and which time reveals to the sense and feeling of the offender . - Burton . CONSCIENCE , A GOOD .-- A good conscience is to the ...
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... conscience , which is to act against his law .-- Remarks on Burnet's History . CONSCIENCE , DELIGHT IN . - A palsy may as well shake an oak , or a fever dry up a fountain , as either of them shake , dry up , or impair the delight of ...
... conscience , which is to act against his law .-- Remarks on Burnet's History . CONSCIENCE , DELIGHT IN . - A palsy may as well shake an oak , or a fever dry up a fountain , as either of them shake , dry up , or impair the delight of ...
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... CONSCIENCE . - True courage never exerts itself so much as when it is most pressed ; and it is then we most enjoy the feast of a good conscience when we stand in the greatest need of its support . - Hibernicus ' Letters . COURAGE AND ...
... CONSCIENCE . - True courage never exerts itself so much as when it is most pressed ; and it is then we most enjoy the feast of a good conscience when we stand in the greatest need of its support . - Hibernicus ' Letters . COURAGE AND ...
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... conscience . D. DAY , A FINE.- -There is nothing more universally com- mended than a fine day ; the reason is , that people can com mend it without envy . - Shenstone . DEATH - Death is like thunder in two particulars : we are alarmed ...
... conscience . D. DAY , A FINE.- -There is nothing more universally com- mended than a fine day ; the reason is , that people can com mend it without envy . - Shenstone . DEATH - Death is like thunder in two particulars : we are alarmed ...
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