Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection, Quotations of Maxims, Metaphors, Counsels, Cautions, Aphorisms, Proverbs, &c. &c. from Writers of All Ages and Both Hemispheres |
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... THINGS NEW AND OLD . Abuse of Power.- Shakspeare . THAT Man , that sits within a Monarch's heart , And ripens in the sunshine of his favour , Would he abuse the countenance of the King , Alack , what mischiefs might he set abroach , In ...
... THINGS NEW AND OLD . Abuse of Power.- Shakspeare . THAT Man , that sits within a Monarch's heart , And ripens in the sunshine of his favour , Would he abuse the countenance of the King , Alack , what mischiefs might he set abroach , In ...
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... thing he does know , but of many things he does not know , and will gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding his Ignorance , than the Pedant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his Erudition . Adoration . - Shakspeare . RELIGIOUS in ...
... thing he does know , but of many things he does not know , and will gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding his Ignorance , than the Pedant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his Erudition . Adoration . - Shakspeare . RELIGIOUS in ...
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... Things Which stir too strongly the Soul's secret Springs , And are themselves the Fools to those they fool ; Envied , yet how unenviable ! what stings Are theirs ! One breast laid open were a School Which would unteach Mankind the Lust ...
... Things Which stir too strongly the Soul's secret Springs , And are themselves the Fools to those they fool ; Envied , yet how unenviable ! what stings Are theirs ! One breast laid open were a School Which would unteach Mankind the Lust ...
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... things than the Ancients themselves ; for that alone is true Antiquity , which em- braces the Antiquity of the World , and not that which would refer us back to a period when the World was young . But by whom is this true Antiquity ...
... things than the Ancients themselves ; for that alone is true Antiquity , which em- braces the Antiquity of the World , and not that which would refer us back to a period when the World was young . But by whom is this true Antiquity ...
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... things wip'd out with a spunge do perish , Because the living cared not to cherish No gentle Wits , through pride or covetize , Which might their Names for ever memorize ! Authors . Cowper . - NONE but an Author knows an Author's cares ...
... things wip'd out with a spunge do perish , Because the living cared not to cherish No gentle Wits , through pride or covetize , Which might their Names for ever memorize ! Authors . Cowper . - NONE but an Author knows an Author's cares ...
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Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of AIDS to Reflection ... William M. White No preview available - 2018 |
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