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... person , that can re- semble the tone , posture , or face of another . - Addison . VIII . There never was any party , faction , sect , or cabal , whatsoever , in which the most ignorant were not the most violent for a bee is not a ...
... person , that can re- semble the tone , posture , or face of another . - Addison . VIII . There never was any party , faction , sect , or cabal , whatsoever , in which the most ignorant were not the most violent for a bee is not a ...
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... persons , no other way remarkable , have each a strong disposition to the formation of some particular trope or figure . Aristotle saith that the hyperbole is an ornament fit for young men of quality ; accordingly , we find in those ...
... persons , no other way remarkable , have each a strong disposition to the formation of some particular trope or figure . Aristotle saith that the hyperbole is an ornament fit for young men of quality ; accordingly , we find in those ...
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... person are so many , that one would have supposed the character of a common slanderer as rare and difficult a production in nature , as that of a great genius , which seldom happens above once in an age . - Sterne . XLVIII . Some ...
... person are so many , that one would have supposed the character of a common slanderer as rare and difficult a production in nature , as that of a great genius , which seldom happens above once in an age . - Sterne . XLVIII . Some ...
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... happy being . Though on the contrary , if the miseries of the whole species were fixed in a single person , they would make a very miserable one . — Addison . LXII . Objects have absolutely no worth or value in 12 LACONICS .
... happy being . Though on the contrary , if the miseries of the whole species were fixed in a single person , they would make a very miserable one . — Addison . LXII . Objects have absolutely no worth or value in 12 LACONICS .
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... person is happy . It cannot reasonably be doubted , but a little miss , dressed in a new gown for a dancing - school ball , receives as complete enjoyment as the greatest orator , who triumphs in the splendour of his eloquence , while ...
... person is happy . It cannot reasonably be doubted , but a little miss , dressed in a new gown for a dancing - school ball , receives as complete enjoyment as the greatest orator , who triumphs in the splendour of his eloquence , while ...
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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