Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection, Quotations of Maxims, Metaphors, Counsels, Cautions, Aphorisms, Proverbs, &c. &c. from Writers of All Ages and Both HemispheresLippincott & Company, 1866 - 564 pages |
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... Face than the small- pox . Affectation . — Goldsmith . THE unaffected of every Country nearly resemble each other , and a page of our Confucius and your Tillotson have scarce any material difference . Paltry Affectation , strained ...
... Face than the small- pox . Affectation . — Goldsmith . THE unaffected of every Country nearly resemble each other , and a page of our Confucius and your Tillotson have scarce any material difference . Paltry Affectation , strained ...
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... Face deep furrows eld hath plight ; My Head besprent with hoary frost I find , And by mine Eye the crow his claw doth wright ; Delight is laid abed , and pleasure , past ; No Sun now shines , clouds have all over - cast . Age . - Young ...
... Face deep furrows eld hath plight ; My Head besprent with hoary frost I find , And by mine Eye the crow his claw doth wright ; Delight is laid abed , and pleasure , past ; No Sun now shines , clouds have all over - cast . Age . - Young ...
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... face in a glass , I should not at all take it ill ; to behold a Man's self so unnaturally disguised and disordered , will conduce not a little to the Impeachment of Anger . Antagonism . - Lord Greville . SOME Characters are like some ...
... face in a glass , I should not at all take it ill ; to behold a Man's self so unnaturally disguised and disordered , will conduce not a little to the Impeachment of Anger . Antagonism . - Lord Greville . SOME Characters are like some ...
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... face on it , show no Discontent nor Surliness : an hour may come , when thy request may be granted . Associates . — From the Latin . - IF you always live with those who are lame , you will yourself learn to limp . Associates.- La ...
... face on it , show no Discontent nor Surliness : an hour may come , when thy request may be granted . Associates . — From the Latin . - IF you always live with those who are lame , you will yourself learn to limp . Associates.- La ...
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... faces , nor slander us be- hind our backs , nor intrude upon our privacy , nor quit their shelves until we take them down . Besides , it is always easy to shut a Book , but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered Cox- comb . Authors ...
... faces , nor slander us be- hind our backs , nor intrude upon our privacy , nor quit their shelves until we take them down . Besides , it is always easy to shut a Book , but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered Cox- comb . Authors ...
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