Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 1 |
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... mind in it : classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world . - Johnson . II . Two evils , ignorance and want of taste , have produced a third , I mean the continual corruption of our English tongue ; which ...
... mind in it : classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world . - Johnson . II . Two evils , ignorance and want of taste , have produced a third , I mean the continual corruption of our English tongue ; which ...
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... mind of an understanding reader , it has , however , its effect among the generality of those whose hands it falls into , the rabble of mankind being very apt to think that every thing which is laughed at , with any mixture of wit , is ...
... mind of an understanding reader , it has , however , its effect among the generality of those whose hands it falls into , the rabble of mankind being very apt to think that every thing which is laughed at , with any mixture of wit , is ...
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... mind than curiosity . so far preferable is that wisdom which converses about the surface , to that pre- tended philosophy which enters into the depth of things , and then comes back gravely with informations and dis- coveries , that in ...
... mind than curiosity . so far preferable is that wisdom which converses about the surface , to that pre- tended philosophy which enters into the depth of things , and then comes back gravely with informations and dis- coveries , that in ...
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... mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happi- ness arises from the subduing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of them . - Addison , XLIV . To be a ...
... mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happi- ness arises from the subduing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of them . - Addison , XLIV . To be a ...
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... mind with images , few writers afford any novelty ; or what little they have to add to the com mon stock of learning is so buried in the mass of general notions , that like silver mingled with the ore of lead , it is too little to pay ...
... mind with images , few writers afford any novelty ; or what little they have to add to the com mon stock of learning is so buried in the mass of general notions , that like silver mingled with the ore of lead , it is too little to pay ...
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Apicius bagnio beauty Ben Jonson better body Bruyere Butler Chesterfield Churchill Codrus common conversation death delight dicebox doth dress enemy Epictetus Euripides evil eyes false fame fancy fear folly fools fortune friends genius gentleman give greatest happiness hath heart honest honour Hudibras human humour ignorance inns of court judgment keep kind knave laugh learning less live look Lord Bacon LUDGATE HILL man's mankind manner marriage Massinger matter merit mind Montaigne nature neral never numbers observed opinion pain pass passion pedants person philosopher pleasure Plutarch poet poor praise pride proud racters reason rich ridiculous Roman triumph satire seldom sense Shaftesbury Shakspeare Shenstone soul speak stand sure Swift talk tell thing thou thought tion true truth turn vanity vice virtue whilst whole wise words write young