Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 2C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... does not make men vent any thing so impure and odious as anger doth ; and besides , what proceeds from wine , is usually entertained with jest and laughter ; B 2 LACONICS . 3 ornaments, and look only on those general habits which ...
... does not make men vent any thing so impure and odious as anger doth ; and besides , what proceeds from wine , is usually entertained with jest and laughter ; B 2 LACONICS . 3 ornaments, and look only on those general habits which ...
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... laughter ; but that from anger is mixed with gall and bitterness ; and he that is silent in his cups , is counted a burthen and troublesome to the company ; whereas in anger , there is not any thing more commended than peace and silence ...
... laughter ; but that from anger is mixed with gall and bitterness ; and he that is silent in his cups , is counted a burthen and troublesome to the company ; whereas in anger , there is not any thing more commended than peace and silence ...
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... laughs , frowns , or blushes . -Addison . XXXI . There is , perhaps , nothing more easy than to write properly for the English theatre ; I am amazed that none are apprenticed to the trade . The author , when well acquainted with the ...
... laughs , frowns , or blushes . -Addison . XXXI . There is , perhaps , nothing more easy than to write properly for the English theatre ; I am amazed that none are apprenticed to the trade . The author , when well acquainted with the ...
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... laugh , whether he is easily moved , and what are the passages which throw him into that agreeable kind of ... laugh of men of wit is for the most part but a faint con- strained kind of half laugh , as such persons are never without some ...
... laugh , whether he is easily moved , and what are the passages which throw him into that agreeable kind of ... laugh of men of wit is for the most part but a faint con- strained kind of half laugh , as such persons are never without some ...
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... laugh in the end with truer mirth than ever he was laughed at . A merchant who always tells truth , and a genius who never lies , are synonymous to a saint . - Lavater . LXVI . Surely men , contrary to iron , are worse to be wrought ...
... laugh in the end with truer mirth than ever he was laughed at . A merchant who always tells truth , and a genius who never lies , are synonymous to a saint . - Lavater . LXVI . Surely men , contrary to iron , are worse to be wrought ...
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