Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs]. 1st Amer. ed, Том 21829 |
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... nature ; he must divest himself of all prejudices in favour of his age and country ; he must disregard all local and tempo- rary ornaments , and look only on those general habits which are every where and always the same : he ad ...
... nature ; he must divest himself of all prejudices in favour of his age and country ; he must disregard all local and tempo- rary ornaments , and look only on those general habits which are every where and always the same : he ad ...
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... nature is not so much depraved as to hinder us from respecting goodness in others , though we our- selves want it . This is the reason why we are so much charmed with the pretty prattle of children , and even the expressions of pleasure ...
... nature is not so much depraved as to hinder us from respecting goodness in others , though we our- selves want it . This is the reason why we are so much charmed with the pretty prattle of children , and even the expressions of pleasure ...
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... , Is richer than the plain downright ; As salt that's made of salt's more fine Than when it first came from the brine And spirits of a nobler nature Drawn from the dull LACONICS . 9 the supposed excellence; when thus instructed, knows ...
... , Is richer than the plain downright ; As salt that's made of salt's more fine Than when it first came from the brine And spirits of a nobler nature Drawn from the dull LACONICS . 9 the supposed excellence; when thus instructed, knows ...
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... nature wears a louring countenance , I withdraw myself from these un- comfortable scenes into the visionary worlds of art ; where I meet with shining landscapes , gilded triumphs , beautiful faces , and all those other objects that fill ...
... nature wears a louring countenance , I withdraw myself from these un- comfortable scenes into the visionary worlds of art ; where I meet with shining landscapes , gilded triumphs , beautiful faces , and all those other objects that fill ...
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... Nature's content with little , that with nothing . LXXI . Butler . Dissipation is absolutely a labour when the round of Vanity Fair has been once made ; but fashion makes us think light of the toil , and we describe the circle as me ...
... Nature's content with little , that with nothing . LXXI . Butler . Dissipation is absolutely a labour when the round of Vanity Fair has been once made ; but fashion makes us think light of the toil , and we describe the circle as me ...
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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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