World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page 68
... duties of religion , are eminently solemn and venerable in the eyes of children . But none will so strongly prove the sincerity of the parent : none so powerfully awaken the reverence of the child ; none so happily recommend the ...
... duties of religion , are eminently solemn and venerable in the eyes of children . But none will so strongly prove the sincerity of the parent : none so powerfully awaken the reverence of the child ; none so happily recommend the ...
Page 74
... DUTIES , ORDINARY . - We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and ... DUTY , FILIAL . - There is no virtue that adds so noble a charm to the finest traits of beauty , as that which ...
... DUTIES , ORDINARY . - We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and ... DUTY , FILIAL . - There is no virtue that adds so noble a charm to the finest traits of beauty , as that which ...
Page 78
... duty ; opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life . It is not so much giving words , as thoughts -- mere maxims , as living principles . It is not teaching to be honest , because " hon- esty is the best policy ...
... duty ; opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life . It is not so much giving words , as thoughts -- mere maxims , as living principles . It is not teaching to be honest , because " hon- esty is the best policy ...
Page 79
... ap- probation . - Zimmerman . ELOQUENCE . Great is the power of eloquence ; but never is it so great as when it pleads along with nature , and the culprit is a child strayed from his duty , and THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 79.
... ap- probation . - Zimmerman . ELOQUENCE . Great is the power of eloquence ; but never is it so great as when it pleads along with nature , and the culprit is a child strayed from his duty , and THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 79.
Page 80
... duty , and returned to it again with tears . — Sterne . EMINENCE . The road to eminence and power from ob- scure condition , ought not to be made too easy , nor a thing too much of course . If rare merit be the rarest of all rare things ...
... duty , and returned to it again with tears . — Sterne . EMINENCE . The road to eminence and power from ob- scure condition , ought not to be made too easy , nor a thing too much of course . If rare merit be the rarest of all rare things ...
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