Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 2Carey, Lea, & Carey, 1829 |
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Page 85
... desires ; nor would care for the increase of his fortunes , unless he thereby proposed that of his pleasures too , in one kind or other ; so that pleasure may be said to be his end , whether he will al- low to find it in his pursuit or ...
... desires ; nor would care for the increase of his fortunes , unless he thereby proposed that of his pleasures too , in one kind or other ; so that pleasure may be said to be his end , whether he will al- low to find it in his pursuit or ...
Page 91
... desire for travelling ; the passion is no way bad - but as others are - in its misma- nagement or excess ; order it rightly , the advantages are worth the pursuit ; the chief of which are -- to learn the languages , the laws and customs ...
... desire for travelling ; the passion is no way bad - but as others are - in its misma- nagement or excess ; order it rightly , the advantages are worth the pursuit ; the chief of which are -- to learn the languages , the laws and customs ...
Page 93
... desire of honour and distinction , and when the splen- did trappings in which it is usually caparisoned are re- moved , will be found to consist of the mean materials of envy , pride , and covetousness . It is described by different ...
... desire of honour and distinction , and when the splen- did trappings in which it is usually caparisoned are re- moved , will be found to consist of the mean materials of envy , pride , and covetousness . It is described by different ...
Page 97
... desire ; we are uneasy at the attainments of another , according as we think our own happiness would be advanced by ... desires , And ease thy heart of all that it admires ? Here wisdom calls , " Seek virtue first , be bold ! " As gold ...
... desire ; we are uneasy at the attainments of another , according as we think our own happiness would be advanced by ... desires , And ease thy heart of all that it admires ? Here wisdom calls , " Seek virtue first , be bold ! " As gold ...
Page 104
... desire , And seems to say , " ' tis cupid's fire ; " Yet all so fair but speak my moan , Sith naught doth say the heart of stone . Harrington , 1564 . " CCCCXXIV . Projectors in a state are generally rewarded 104 LACONICS .
... desire , And seems to say , " ' tis cupid's fire ; " Yet all so fair but speak my moan , Sith naught doth say the heart of stone . Harrington , 1564 . " CCCCXXIV . Projectors in a state are generally rewarded 104 LACONICS .
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Page 181 - When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty.
Page 178 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
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