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" A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart ; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected ; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to... "
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Century Readings for a Course in English Literature

John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Karl Young - 1921 - 1312 pages
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HOYT'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS

KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...Strike, but hear me. THEMISTOCLES — Rottin's Ancient History. Bk . VI. Ch. II. Sec. VIII. 24 HEART less the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat. BUTLER— ADDISON— Sir Roger on the Bench. 25 I have a heart with room for every joy. BAILEY — Festus. Sc....
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Literature and Life, Book 3

Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1923 - 648 pages
...122.— Addison. Friday, July 20, 1711.) Comes jucundus in via pro vehículo est. — Publius Syrut. A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches...which it gives itself seconded by the applauses of the public. A man is 70 more sure of his conduct when the verdict which he passes upon his own behavior...
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The Modern Student's Book of English Literature

Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 pages
...via pro vehiculo est. Publ. Syr. Frag. An agreeable companion upon the road is as good as a coach. he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte...what shal yren do ? For if a preest be foul, on whom public. A man is more sure of conduct, when the verdict which he passes upon his own behaviour is thus...
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The Child, Volume 14

1924 - 406 pages
...at the mercy of prejudices and false ideals— that is the secret of life." A. CHRISTOPHER BENSON. "A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches...heart ; his next to escape the censures of the world." JOSEPH ADDISON. ' ' Life is mostly froth and bubble ; Two things stand like stone : — Kindness in...
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Essays in Biography, 1680-1726

Bonamy Dobrée - 1925 - 400 pages
...attitude. He could not be negligent of what any one thought of him. " A man's first care ", he wrote, " should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart...than to see those approbations which it gives itself • Letter LXVI. seconded by the applauses of the public : a man is more sure of his conduct, when...
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Selections from the Tatler, the Spectator and Their Successors

Walter James Graham - 1928 - 440 pages
...No. 122. Friday, July 20, 1711. Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo est. —Publ. Syr., Frag. 1 I A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches...the (former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherjwise, there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an • honest mind, than to see those approbations...
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Essays, Moral and Polite, 1660-1714

John Masefield, Constance Masefield - 1930 - 288 pages
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Books and Readers

Francis Henry Pritchard, F. H. Pritchard - 1931 - 298 pages
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Selected English Essays

William Peacock - 1935 - 580 pages
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