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 HemispheresLippincott & Company, 1866 - 564 páginas |
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... manner of acting ; for as Persons of inferior Understandings will misconceive , and perhaps suspect some sophistry from an Elegance of Expres- sion which they cannot comprehend , so Persons of inferior Sentiment will probably mistake ...
... manner of acting ; for as Persons of inferior Understandings will misconceive , and perhaps suspect some sophistry from an Elegance of Expres- sion which they cannot comprehend , so Persons of inferior Sentiment will probably mistake ...
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... manners and decency , which would be too often broken in upon , if it were not for that defence , which keeps the enemy at a proper distance . It is for that reason that I always treat fools and cox- combs with great Ceremony ; true ...
... manners and decency , which would be too often broken in upon , if it were not for that defence , which keeps the enemy at a proper distance . It is for that reason that I always treat fools and cox- combs with great Ceremony ; true ...
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... manner , it is not the truly great and good man , generally speaking , who rises the most rapidly into wealth and notice . A man may be sharp , active , quick , dexterous , cunning ; he may be ever on the watch for opportunities to push ...
... manner , it is not the truly great and good man , generally speaking , who rises the most rapidly into wealth and notice . A man may be sharp , active , quick , dexterous , cunning ; he may be ever on the watch for opportunities to push ...
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... Manner , that he thinks it mere Condescension in him ; and that his goodness alone bestows upon you what you have no pretence to claim . C of & Grey Cibility . - Tillotson . A GOOD Word is an 62 OR . THIN ILLUSTRATIONS OF TRUTH ;
... Manner , that he thinks it mere Condescension in him ; and that his goodness alone bestows upon you what you have no pretence to claim . C of & Grey Cibility . - Tillotson . A GOOD Word is an 62 OR . THIN ILLUSTRATIONS OF TRUTH ;
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... Manners , our Civilization , and all the good things which are connected with Civilization , have , in this European world of ours , depended for ages upon two principles ; and were indeed the result of both combined ; I mean the spirit ...
... Manners , our Civilization , and all the good things which are connected with Civilization , have , in this European world of ours , depended for ages upon two principles ; and were indeed the result of both combined ; I mean the spirit ...
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