Edge-tools of Speech, Selected and Arranged....Houghton, 1899 - 579 páginas |
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... tion . To be of greatest value quotations must be accurately given ; but the readiest memory seldom retains more than the aggregated sense of an aphoristic utterance . To be able , therefore , to turn at once to a desired axiom or ...
... tion . To be of greatest value quotations must be accurately given ; but the readiest memory seldom retains more than the aggregated sense of an aphoristic utterance . To be able , therefore , to turn at once to a desired axiom or ...
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... tion . Shakspeare . That which astonishes , astonishes once ; but whatever is admirable becomes more and more admired . Joubert . Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases . Dr. Johnson . It is better in some respects to be admired by ...
... tion . Shakspeare . That which astonishes , astonishes once ; but whatever is admirable becomes more and more admired . Joubert . Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases . Dr. Johnson . It is better in some respects to be admired by ...
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... tion expresseth virtue fully . — John Webster . Age is frequently beautiful , wisdom appear- Age either transfigures or petrifies . - Marie Ebner -. AFFLICTION . The bread of bitterness is the food on which men grow to their fullest ...
... tion expresseth virtue fully . — John Webster . Age is frequently beautiful , wisdom appear- Age either transfigures or petrifies . - Marie Ebner -. AFFLICTION . The bread of bitterness is the food on which men grow to their fullest ...
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... tion of mankind , increases our wishes to live , while she lessens our enjoyments , and as she robs the senses of every pleasure , equips imagination in the spoil ? - Goldsmith . Slow , consuming age . - Gray . Alonzo of Arragon was ...
... tion of mankind , increases our wishes to live , while she lessens our enjoyments , and as she robs the senses of every pleasure , equips imagination in the spoil ? - Goldsmith . Slow , consuming age . - Gray . Alonzo of Arragon was ...
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... tion ? That cannot be . The Gospel styles them all our brethren . Thomas Sprat . -- in , and a fading name ! -William Winter . By that sin angels fell . Shakspeare . There is no greater unreasonableness in the world than in the designs ...
... tion ? That cannot be . The Gospel styles them all our brethren . Thomas Sprat . -- in , and a fading name ! -William Winter . By that sin angels fell . Shakspeare . There is no greater unreasonableness in the world than in the designs ...
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