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... kind , is the best food of happiness . " The house of Hope , " says Hafiz , " is built upon a weak foundation . " If it be so , I say , the fault is in the builder : build it upon a rock , and it will stand . - SOUTHEY , The Doctor ...
... kind , is the best food of happiness . " The house of Hope , " says Hafiz , " is built upon a weak foundation . " If it be so , I say , the fault is in the builder : build it upon a rock , and it will stand . - SOUTHEY , The Doctor ...
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... kind of friends and counsellors . - C . MARRIOTT , B. D. , Hints on Private Devotion , 1848 . Dr. Arnold , in a letter to Sir John Coleridge , speaking of a Reader , says , - " He wants the exam- ination not only to interest and excite ...
... kind of friends and counsellors . - C . MARRIOTT , B. D. , Hints on Private Devotion , 1848 . Dr. Arnold , in a letter to Sir John Coleridge , speaking of a Reader , says , - " He wants the exam- ination not only to interest and excite ...
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... kind beforehand . The advantage of announcing them , the advan- tage of threats , is this : threats occasion terror , and terror is the great means , and the greatest means , of bringing about execution . - DUKE OF WELLINGTON , Speech ...
... kind beforehand . The advantage of announcing them , the advan- tage of threats , is this : threats occasion terror , and terror is the great means , and the greatest means , of bringing about execution . - DUKE OF WELLINGTON , Speech ...
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... kind . — ARCHDEACON JORTIN , Sermons . - ' What , ' said Mr. Abernethy , in reply to a former pupil , who said it must depress a man to be told that he has not the capacity for success , ' do you suppose a man thinks himself a fool any ...
... kind . — ARCHDEACON JORTIN , Sermons . - ' What , ' said Mr. Abernethy , in reply to a former pupil , who said it must depress a man to be told that he has not the capacity for success , ' do you suppose a man thinks himself a fool any ...
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... a wise and econo- mical application of time and means amassing money ; and in a few years of wholesome thrift we find them rolling in wealth . -- - We are apt to refer matters of this kind to 34 Choice of a Profession .
... a wise and econo- mical application of time and means amassing money ; and in a few years of wholesome thrift we find them rolling in wealth . -- - We are apt to refer matters of this kind to 34 Choice of a Profession .
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