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Page 73
... tillage , barns without roofs , children without clothing , principles , morals , or manners . - Franklin . DULNESS - A dull man is so near a dead 4 THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 73 but, sir, I would not keep company with ...
... tillage , barns without roofs , children without clothing , principles , morals , or manners . - Franklin . DULNESS - A dull man is so near a dead 4 THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 73 but, sir, I would not keep company with ...
Page 82
... manner I make the most of my enjoyments ; and though I do not cast my cares away , I pack them in as little compass as I can , and carry them as conveniently as I can for my- self , and never let them annoy others . - Southey ...
... manner I make the most of my enjoyments ; and though I do not cast my cares away , I pack them in as little compass as I can , and carry them as conveniently as I can for my- self , and never let them annoy others . - Southey ...
Page 85
... manner to make his own , and that he would draw it up in terms as flattering as possible , and that he would make it the employment of his whole life to deserve it . Goldsmith . EQUALITY . So far is it from being true that men are ...
... manner to make his own , and that he would draw it up in terms as flattering as possible , and that he would make it the employment of his whole life to deserve it . Goldsmith . EQUALITY . So far is it from being true that men are ...
Page 99
... - stance of ill - manners as flattery . If you flatter all the com- pany , you please none ; if you flatter only one or two , you affront the rest . — Swift . FLATTERY , INDIRECT . There is an oblique way of THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 99.
... - stance of ill - manners as flattery . If you flatter all the com- pany , you please none ; if you flatter only one or two , you affront the rest . — Swift . FLATTERY , INDIRECT . There is an oblique way of THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 99.
Page 101
... thinks no one his superior who does him an injury ; for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it . - Pope . FORGIVENESS .-- There is a manner of forgiveness so divine THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 101.
... thinks no one his superior who does him an injury ; for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it . - Pope . FORGIVENESS .-- There is a manner of forgiveness so divine THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 101.
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