World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... ; a Messiah , by means of death , triumph- ing over death ; the union in Jesus Christ of two natures ; his two advents and the two states of human nature . — Pascal . CONTRAST . - It is a very poor , though 50 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... ; a Messiah , by means of death , triumph- ing over death ; the union in Jesus Christ of two natures ; his two advents and the two states of human nature . — Pascal . CONTRAST . - It is a very poor , though 50 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
Page 51
... mean wit or beauty may pass in a room , where the rest of the company are allowed to have none ; it is something to sparkle among diamonds ; but to shine among pebbles is neither credit nor value worth the pretending . - Sir W. Temple ...
... mean wit or beauty may pass in a room , where the rest of the company are allowed to have none ; it is something to sparkle among diamonds ; but to shine among pebbles is neither credit nor value worth the pretending . - Sir W. Temple ...
Page 53
... means to be obtruded upon our friends . If we would consider how little of this vicissi- tude of motion and rest , which we call life , is spent with sat- isfaction , we should be more tender of our friends , than to bring them little ...
... means to be obtruded upon our friends . If we would consider how little of this vicissi- tude of motion and rest , which we call life , is spent with sat- isfaction , we should be more tender of our friends , than to bring them little ...
Page 55
... mean good - nature , are of daily use ; they are the bread of mankind , and staff of life -Dryden . COURTESY . - The knowledge of courtesy and good man- ners is a very necessary study . It is , like grace and beauty , that which begets ...
... mean good - nature , are of daily use ; they are the bread of mankind , and staff of life -Dryden . COURTESY . - The knowledge of courtesy and good man- ners is a very necessary study . It is , like grace and beauty , that which begets ...
Page 56
... and , servi divitiarum , mean slaves and drudges to their substance .—— Burton . COVETOUS , THE . E. — The covetous person lives as if the world 1 were made altogether for him , and not he for 56 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... and , servi divitiarum , mean slaves and drudges to their substance .—— Burton . COVETOUS , THE . E. — The covetous person lives as if the world 1 were made altogether for him , and not he for 56 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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