Edge-tools of Speech, Selected and Arranged....Houghton, 1899 - 579 páginas |
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... Johnson . - It is absence that tries fidelity . - Mrs. J. Hunter . As contraries are known by contraries , so is the delight of presence best known by the tor- ments of absence . Alcibiades . - The absent feel and fear every ill ...
... Johnson . - It is absence that tries fidelity . - Mrs. J. Hunter . As contraries are known by contraries , so is the delight of presence best known by the tor- ments of absence . Alcibiades . - The absent feel and fear every ill ...
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... Johnson told Garrick that he and his pro- fession were mutually indebted to each other . " Your profession , " said the doctor , " has made you rich ; and you have made your profession respectable . " - Colton . - Preacher at once , and ...
... Johnson told Garrick that he and his pro- fession were mutually indebted to each other . " Your profession , " said the doctor , " has made you rich ; and you have made your profession respectable . " - Colton . - Preacher at once , and ...
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... Johnson . Fi ' Tis too much proved that with devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself . Shakspeare . Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess , and ...
... Johnson . Fi ' Tis too much proved that with devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself . Shakspeare . Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess , and ...
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... Johnson . I have often argued that our sex grows old with much worse grace than the other does . - Steele . We are both in the decline of life , my dear dean , and have been some years going down the hill ; let us make the passage as ...
... Johnson . I have often argued that our sex grows old with much worse grace than the other does . - Steele . We are both in the decline of life , my dear dean , and have been some years going down the hill ; let us make the passage as ...
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... Johnson . - A clear fire , a clean hearth , and the rigor of the game . Lamb . - You can't live on amusement . It is the froth on water , - - an inch deep , and then the mud ! -George Macdonald . Pastime passing excellent , if it be ...
... Johnson . - A clear fire , a clean hearth , and the rigor of the game . Lamb . - You can't live on amusement . It is the froth on water , - - an inch deep , and then the mud ! -George Macdonald . Pastime passing excellent , if it be ...
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