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... moral sentence , or peevish exclamation.— Johnson . DISAPPOINTMENT . - He that will do no good offices after a disappointment , must stand still , and do just nothing at all . The plough goes on after a barren year ; and while the ashes ...
... moral sentence , or peevish exclamation.— Johnson . DISAPPOINTMENT . - He that will do no good offices after a disappointment , must stand still , and do just nothing at all . The plough goes on after a barren year ; and while the ashes ...
Page 73
... , fields without 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 ...
... , fields without 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 88
... incur universal blame . - Hume . EXAGGERATIONS . - Exaggeration , as to rhetoric , is " using a vast force to lift a feather ; " as to morals and character , it is using falsehood to lift one's self out of the 88 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... incur universal blame . - Hume . EXAGGERATIONS . - Exaggeration , as to rhetoric , is " using a vast force to lift a feather ; " as to morals and character , it is using falsehood to lift one's self out of the 88 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
Page 93
... tends to self - denial . — Baxter . FAITH , JUSTIFICATION BY . - The Calvinistic people of Scot- land , Switzerland , Holland , and New England . have been more moral than the same classes among other nations . THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 93.
... tends to self - denial . — Baxter . FAITH , JUSTIFICATION BY . - The Calvinistic people of Scot- land , Switzerland , Holland , and New England . have been more moral than the same classes among other nations . THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 93.
Page 94
Tryon Edwards. more moral than the same classes among other nations . These who preached faith , or in other words a pure mind , have al- ways produced more popular virtue than those who preached good acts , or the mere regulation of ...
Tryon Edwards. more moral than the same classes among other nations . These who preached faith , or in other words a pure mind , have al- ways produced more popular virtue than those who preached good acts , or the mere regulation of ...
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