Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs]. 1st Amer. ed, 2 tomas1829 |
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... honour lives ; valour is stability , not of legs and arms , but of courage and the soul ; it does not lie in the valour of our horse nor of our arms , but in ourselves . He that falls obstinate in his cou- rage , Si succiderit de genu ...
... honour lives ; valour is stability , not of legs and arms , but of courage and the soul ; it does not lie in the valour of our horse nor of our arms , but in ourselves . He that falls obstinate in his cou- rage , Si succiderit de genu ...
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... honour'd with a consulship ) find himself Touch'd to the quick in this , - -WE CANNOT HELP IT . Or when we show a judge that is corrupt , And will give up his sentence , as he favours The person , not the cause ; saving the guilty , If ...
... honour'd with a consulship ) find himself Touch'd to the quick in this , - -WE CANNOT HELP IT . Or when we show a judge that is corrupt , And will give up his sentence , as he favours The person , not the cause ; saving the guilty , If ...
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... honour and honesty , seems to be chiefly the motive : the mere honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for the sake of character . - Shenstone . CCXL . The scholars of modern times , perceiving how un- propitious ...
... honour and honesty , seems to be chiefly the motive : the mere honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for the sake of character . - Shenstone . CCXL . The scholars of modern times , perceiving how un- propitious ...
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... the public , and only proclaim his pretensions to literary honours when he is sure of not being reject- ed , he might commence author with better hopes , as his failings might escape contempt though he shall never attain much 80 LACONICS .
... the public , and only proclaim his pretensions to literary honours when he is sure of not being reject- ed , he might commence author with better hopes , as his failings might escape contempt though he shall never attain much 80 LACONICS .
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... honour , of the true glory and perfection of our natures , is the very principle and in- centive of virtue ; but to be ambitious of titles , of place , of ceremonial respects and civil pageantry , is as vain , and little as the things ...
... honour , of the true glory and perfection of our natures , is the very principle and in- centive of virtue ; but to be ambitious of titles , of place , of ceremonial respects and civil pageantry , is as vain , and little as the things ...
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Astrology Bacon beauty Ben Jonson better body Butler common Confucius Congreve delight doth drink endeavour eyes fair fame fear fellow folly fool fortune friends gamester genius give Godfrey Kneller gold gout grace happiness hath hear heart heaven hobby-horse honour Hudibras humour idle Jonson keep kind king labour laugh learning live look looking-glass Lord Bacon Lord Bolingbroke lover man's mankind marriage Massinger men's mind Mirabel mirth nature nerally never o'er observed once Ovid pains painting passions person play pleased pleasure Plutarch poet poison'd poor Pope praise pride reason rich scarce seldom sense Shakspeare Shenstone sleep sometimes soul speak sure sweet taste tell temper thee thing thou art thought tion tongue true truth turn vex'd virtue wealth whole wisdom wise woman words write youth
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