Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 1T. Boys, 1826 - 360 páginas |
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... vice , but adver- sity doth best discover virtue . - Lord Bacon . LXX . If parliament were to consider the sporting with repu- tation of as much importance as sporting on manors , and pass an act for the preservation of fame , there are ...
... vice , but adver- sity doth best discover virtue . - Lord Bacon . LXX . If parliament were to consider the sporting with repu- tation of as much importance as sporting on manors , and pass an act for the preservation of fame , there are ...
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... vice implies a want of courage so much as the making of a lie ; and therefore telling a man he lies , is touching him in the most sensible part of honour , and indirectly calling him a coward . I cannot omit under this head what ...
... vice implies a want of courage so much as the making of a lie ; and therefore telling a man he lies , is touching him in the most sensible part of honour , and indirectly calling him a coward . I cannot omit under this head what ...
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... vice , but not as vice ; for instance , a robber may take money from its owner , and give it to one who will make a better use of it . Here is good produced ; but not by the robbery as rob- bery , but as a translation of property ...
... vice , but not as vice ; for instance , a robber may take money from its owner , and give it to one who will make a better use of it . Here is good produced ; but not by the robbery as rob- bery , but as a translation of property ...
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... vice . The drinker col- lects his circle ; the circle naturally spreads ; of those who are drawn within it , many become the corrupters and centres of sets and circles of their own ; every one countenancing , and perhaps emulating the ...
... vice . The drinker col- lects his circle ; the circle naturally spreads ; of those who are drawn within it , many become the corrupters and centres of sets and circles of their own ; every one countenancing , and perhaps emulating the ...
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... vice . Some are drawn by ambition , and some are sent by duty ; many resort thither to improve their minds , and many to improve their for- tunes : others bring their beauty , and others their elo- quence to market . Remove from hence ...
... vice . Some are drawn by ambition , and some are sent by duty ; many resort thither to improve their minds , and many to improve their for- tunes : others bring their beauty , and others their elo- quence to market . Remove from hence ...
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Apicius bagnio beauty Ben Jonson better body Bruyere Butler Chesterfield Churchill Codrus common conversation death delight dicebox doth dress enemy Epictetus Euripides evil eyes false fame fancy fear folly fools fortune friends genius gentleman give greatest happiness hath heart honest honour Hudibras human humour ignorance inns of court judgment keep kind knave laugh learning less live look Lord Bacon LUDGATE HILL man's mankind manner marriage Massinger matter merit mind Montaigne nature neral never numbers observed opinion pain pass passion pedants person philosopher pleasure Plutarch poet poor praise pride proud racters reason rich ridiculous Roman triumph satire seldom sense Shaftesbury Shakspeare Shenstone soul speak stand sure Swift talk tell thing thou thought tion true truth turn vanity vice virtue whilst whole wise words write young