Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volumen1T. Boys, 1826 - 360 páginas |
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... once laid hold of a favourite principle , which , perhaps , accounts for many natural effects , he extends the same principle over the whole creation , and reduces it to every phenomenon , though by the most violent and absurd reasoning ...
... once laid hold of a favourite principle , which , perhaps , accounts for many natural effects , he extends the same principle over the whole creation , and reduces it to every phenomenon , though by the most violent and absurd reasoning ...
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... from the " hear him , " of the house of commons . - Pope . XLVI . -Slander lives upon succession ; For ever hous'd when once it gets possession . Shakspeare . XLVII . Pride , treachery , envy , hypocrisy , LACONICS .
... from the " hear him , " of the house of commons . - Pope . XLVI . -Slander lives upon succession ; For ever hous'd when once it gets possession . Shakspeare . XLVII . Pride , treachery , envy , hypocrisy , LACONICS .
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... once in an age . - Sterne . XLVIII . Some reserve is a debt to prudence , as freedom and simplicity of conversation is a debt to good - nature.— Shenstone . XLIX . No man is the wiser for his learning : it may administer matter to work ...
... once in an age . - Sterne . XLVIII . Some reserve is a debt to prudence , as freedom and simplicity of conversation is a debt to good - nature.— Shenstone . XLIX . No man is the wiser for his learning : it may administer matter to work ...
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... once ; but a man's writing has but one true sense , which is that which the author meant when he wrote it . - Selden . LXXXVI . The covetous man is a downright servant , c 3 LACONICS . 17 the horse, to make use of the bow, ...
... once ; but a man's writing has but one true sense , which is that which the author meant when he wrote it . - Selden . LXXXVI . The covetous man is a downright servant , c 3 LACONICS . 17 the horse, to make use of the bow, ...
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... once gratify and impair the smell . — Adventurer . CII . Riches like insects , while concealed they lie , Wait but for wings , and in their season fly ; To whom can riches give repute and trust , Content or pleasure , but the good and ...
... once gratify and impair the smell . — Adventurer . CII . Riches like insects , while concealed they lie , Wait but for wings , and in their season fly ; To whom can riches give repute and trust , Content or pleasure , but the good and ...
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