Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volumen1T. Boys, 1826 - 360 páginas |
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... able to stand before him ? -Sterne . LIII . There is a time which precedes reason , when , like other animals , we live by instinct alone ; of which the memory retains no vestiges . There is a second term , when reason discovers itself ...
... able to stand before him ? -Sterne . LIII . There is a time which precedes reason , when , like other animals , we live by instinct alone ; of which the memory retains no vestiges . There is a second term , when reason discovers itself ...
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... able to make himself be much regarded , without a moderate share , at least , of parts and understanding . — Hume . LXVI . Equity in law is the same that the spirit is in religion , what every one pleases to make it sometimes they go ...
... able to make himself be much regarded , without a moderate share , at least , of parts and understanding . — Hume . LXVI . Equity in law is the same that the spirit is in religion , what every one pleases to make it sometimes they go ...
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... able to talk of nothing else , is a very indifferent compa- nion , and what we call a pedant . But we should enlarge the title , and give it to every one that does not know how to think out of his profession and particular way of life ...
... able to talk of nothing else , is a very indifferent compa- nion , and what we call a pedant . But we should enlarge the title , and give it to every one that does not know how to think out of his profession and particular way of life ...
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... able to instruct or to en- tertain the world ; which implies a supposition that he can communicate what they cannot draw from their own reflections . - Shenstone . CXCIV . What I blame philosophers most for , ( though some may think it ...
... able to instruct or to en- tertain the world ; which implies a supposition that he can communicate what they cannot draw from their own reflections . - Shenstone . CXCIV . What I blame philosophers most for , ( though some may think it ...
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... able as to our blind side : commend a fool for his wit , or a knave for his honesty , and they will receive you into their bosom . - Fielding . CCLXI . All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich ...
... able as to our blind side : commend a fool for his wit , or a knave for his honesty , and they will receive you into their bosom . - Fielding . CCLXI . All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich ...
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