Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 3C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... least nine lives in ten of the whole race of them ; scarce a boy in the streets , but has in this point outdone Hercules him- self , who was famous for killing a monster that had but three lives . Whether the unaccountable animosity ...
... least nine lives in ten of the whole race of them ; scarce a boy in the streets , but has in this point outdone Hercules him- self , who was famous for killing a monster that had but three lives . Whether the unaccountable animosity ...
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... least , of parts and understanding . - Hume . LXVI . Equity in law is the same that the spirit is in religion , what every one pleases to make it : sometimes they go according to conscience , sometimes according to law sometimes ...
... least , of parts and understanding . - Hume . LXVI . Equity in law is the same that the spirit is in religion , what every one pleases to make it : sometimes they go according to conscience , sometimes according to law sometimes ...
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... least difference , thereby to avoid being misled by similitude , and by affinity to take one thing for ano- ther . - Locke . XCIV . In the bottle , discontent seeks for comfort , cowardice for courage , and bashfulness for confidence ...
... least difference , thereby to avoid being misled by similitude , and by affinity to take one thing for ano- ther . - Locke . XCIV . In the bottle , discontent seeks for comfort , cowardice for courage , and bashfulness for confidence ...
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... least a seeming violation of modesty : a presumption on the writer's side , that he is able to instruct or to en- tertain the world ; which implies a supposition that he can communicate what they cannot draw from their own reflections ...
... least a seeming violation of modesty : a presumption on the writer's side , that he is able to instruct or to en- tertain the world ; which implies a supposition that he can communicate what they cannot draw from their own reflections ...
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... least one would imagine the parti- sans of each modern sect had this conceit . They are all Archimedes ' in their way , and can make a world upon easier terms than he offered to move one . - Shaftesbury . CC . Perfect friendship is ...
... least one would imagine the parti- sans of each modern sect had this conceit . They are all Archimedes ' in their way , and can make a world upon easier terms than he offered to move one . - Shaftesbury . CC . Perfect friendship is ...
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