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... neither " aliment " nor " medicine : " they are " poison . " Both intoxicate - one the mind , the other th body ; the thirst for each increases by being fed , and is never satisfied ; both ruin - one the THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 29.
... neither " aliment " nor " medicine : " they are " poison . " Both intoxicate - one the mind , the other th body ; the thirst for each increases by being fed , and is never satisfied ; both ruin - one the THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 29.
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... mind or body . BOOKS , EVIL . - A wicked book is the worse that it cannot repent . BOOKS , GOOD . - A good book , in the language of the book- sellers , is a saleable one ; in that of the curious , a scarce one ; in that of men of sense ...
... mind or body . BOOKS , EVIL . - A wicked book is the worse that it cannot repent . BOOKS , GOOD . - A good book , in the language of the book- sellers , is a saleable one ; in that of the curious , a scarce one ; in that of men of sense ...
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... mind with images , few writers afford any novelty ; or what little they have to add to the common stock of learning is so buried in the mass of general notions , that like silver mingled with the ore of lead , it is too little to pay ...
... mind with images , few writers afford any novelty ; or what little they have to add to the common stock of learning is so buried in the mass of general notions , that like silver mingled with the ore of lead , it is too little to pay ...
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Tryon Edwards. out entirely by a single mind , without the aid of prior inves tigators . Johnson . BOOKS , TO BE CAREFULLY SELECTED . - Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects , almost ...
Tryon Edwards. out entirely by a single mind , without the aid of prior inves tigators . Johnson . BOOKS , TO BE CAREFULLY SELECTED . - Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects , almost ...
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... mind is free and easy , discharged and at his own disposal ; but in the city , the persons of friends and acquaintance , one's own and other people's business , foolish quarrels , ceremonies , visits , impertinent discourses , and a ...
... mind is free and easy , discharged and at his own disposal ; but in the city , the persons of friends and acquaintance , one's own and other people's business , foolish quarrels , ceremonies , visits , impertinent discourses , and a ...
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