Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs].1840 |
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... Churchill . As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in this world , her force is yet superior.— Shaftesbury . DCXLVIII . That I must die , it is my only comfort ; Death is the privilege of human nature , And life ...
... Churchill . As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in this world , her force is yet superior.— Shaftesbury . DCXLVIII . That I must die , it is my only comfort ; Death is the privilege of human nature , And life ...
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... Churchill . Men are not to be judged by their looks , habits and appearances ; but by the character of their lives and conversations , and by their works . " Tis better that a man's own works , than that another man's words should ...
... Churchill . Men are not to be judged by their looks , habits and appearances ; but by the character of their lives and conversations , and by their works . " Tis better that a man's own works , than that another man's words should ...
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... Churchill . True Eloquence is good sense , delivered in a natural and unaffected way , without the artificial ornament of tropes and figures . Our common eloquence is usually a cheat upon the understanding ; it deceives us with ...
... Churchill . True Eloquence is good sense , delivered in a natural and unaffected way , without the artificial ornament of tropes and figures . Our common eloquence is usually a cheat upon the understanding ; it deceives us with ...
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... Churchill . Good breeding is as necessary a quality in conversa- tion , to accomplish all the rest , as grace in motion and dancing . Str W. Temple . DCCXL . Luxurious man , to bring his vice in use , Did after him the world seduce ...
... Churchill . Good breeding is as necessary a quality in conversa- tion , to accomplish all the rest , as grace in motion and dancing . Str W. Temple . DCCXL . Luxurious man , to bring his vice in use , Did after him the world seduce ...
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... supply , Would we one moment use her piercing eye , Then should we know what woe from grandeur springs And learn to pity , not to envy Kings . Churchill . DCCLXVII . Prudence protects and guides us ; Wit betrays 240 LACONICS .
... supply , Would we one moment use her piercing eye , Then should we know what woe from grandeur springs And learn to pity , not to envy Kings . Churchill . DCCLXVII . Prudence protects and guides us ; Wit betrays 240 LACONICS .
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