World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page 36
... sense and good nature . A person possessed of those qualities , though he had never seen a court , is truly agreeable ; and if without them , would continue a clown , though he had been all his life a gentleman usher . Goldsmith ...
... sense and good nature . A person possessed of those qualities , though he had never seen a court , is truly agreeable ; and if without them , would continue a clown , though he had been all his life a gentleman usher . Goldsmith ...
Page 42
... sense from the flattery of sycophants , and admiration of fools . - Steele . COMMERCE . - A well - regulated commerce is not , like law , physis , or divinity , to be overstocked with hands ; but , on the contrary , flourishes by ...
... sense from the flattery of sycophants , and admiration of fools . - Steele . COMMERCE . - A well - regulated commerce is not , like law , physis , or divinity , to be overstocked with hands ; but , on the contrary , flourishes by ...
Page 43
... sense , and something friendly in his behavior , it con- ciliates men's minds more than the brightest parts without this disposition ; and when a man of such a turn comes to old age , he is almost sure to be treated with respect . It is ...
... sense , and something friendly in his behavior , it con- ciliates men's minds more than the brightest parts without this disposition ; and when a man of such a turn comes to old age , he is almost sure to be treated with respect . It is ...
Page 46
... sense and feeling of the offender . - Burton . CONSCIENCE , A GOOD .-- A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body ; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us , and more than countervails all the calam- ities and ...
... sense and feeling of the offender . - Burton . CONSCIENCE , A GOOD .-- A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body ; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us , and more than countervails all the calam- ities and ...
Page 51
... senses awakened , his judgment sharpened , and the truth which he holds more firmly established . If then it be profit- able for him to read , why should it not at least be tolerable and free for his adversary to write ? In logic they ...
... senses awakened , his judgment sharpened , and the truth which he holds more firmly established . If then it be profit- able for him to read , why should it not at least be tolerable and free for his adversary to write ? In logic they ...
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