Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volumen1T. Boys, 1826 - 360 páginas |
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... cause of the general persecution of owls , ( who are a sort of feathered cats , ) or whether it be only an unseasonable pique the moderns have taken to a serious countenance , I shall not deter- mine though I am inclined to believe the ...
... cause of the general persecution of owls , ( who are a sort of feathered cats , ) or whether it be only an unseasonable pique the moderns have taken to a serious countenance , I shall not deter- mine though I am inclined to believe the ...
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... causes concern during its absence . - Arcesilaus . CXXXII . It might , methinks , somewhat abate the insolence of human pride , to consider , that it is but increasing or di- minishing the velocity of certain fluids in the animal ...
... causes concern during its absence . - Arcesilaus . CXXXII . It might , methinks , somewhat abate the insolence of human pride , to consider , that it is but increasing or di- minishing the velocity of certain fluids in the animal ...
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... causes of the disappoint- ments in their business , or of the unhappiness in their lives , lying but too manifestly in their own disorderly pas- sions , which , by attempting to carry them a shorter way to riches and honour , disappoint ...
... causes of the disappoint- ments in their business , or of the unhappiness in their lives , lying but too manifestly in their own disorderly pas- sions , which , by attempting to carry them a shorter way to riches and honour , disappoint ...
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... cause he sees none . - Chesterfield . CCCCLVI . A newspaper is the history of the world for one day . It is the history of that world in which we now live , and with it we are consequently more concerned than with those which have ...
... cause he sees none . - Chesterfield . CCCCLVI . A newspaper is the history of the world for one day . It is the history of that world in which we now live , and with it we are consequently more concerned than with those which have ...
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... cause something like pity or displea- sure in higher natures . Laughter is indeed a very good counterpoise to the spleen ; and it seems but reasonable that we should be capable of receiving joy from what is no real good to us , since we ...
... cause something like pity or displea- sure in higher natures . Laughter is indeed a very good counterpoise to the spleen ; and it seems but reasonable that we should be capable of receiving joy from what is no real good to us , since we ...
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