Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1826 |
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... minds , the destruction of the creditor is considered as equivalent to the payment of the debt . XII . OUR achievements and ... mind shall inherit fame , is far more nobly occupied than he who is industrious in order that the perishable ...
... minds , the destruction of the creditor is considered as equivalent to the payment of the debt . XII . OUR achievements and ... mind shall inherit fame , is far more nobly occupied than he who is industrious in order that the perishable ...
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... minds by similar reminiscences , on the death of those friends who have left us nothing . XXVIII . WHEN certain persons ... mind on some points is not enfeebled by any ricketty conformation on others , and this enables us to ascend the ...
... minds by similar reminiscences , on the death of those friends who have left us nothing . XXVIII . WHEN certain persons ... mind on some points is not enfeebled by any ricketty conformation on others , and this enables us to ascend the ...
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... mind , memory is the first that flourishes , and the first that dies . Quintilian has said " Quantum memoriæ tantum ingenii ; " but if this maxim were either true , or believed to be so , all men would be as satisfied with their memory ...
... mind , memory is the first that flourishes , and the first that dies . Quintilian has said " Quantum memoriæ tantum ingenii ; " but if this maxim were either true , or believed to be so , all men would be as satisfied with their memory ...
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... mind , which , although it be a calamity far more deplorable , seldom obtains that full commiseration it deserves . The reason is , that the mentally blind too often claim to be sharp sighted , and in one respect are so , since they can ...
... mind , which , although it be a calamity far more deplorable , seldom obtains that full commiseration it deserves . The reason is , that the mentally blind too often claim to be sharp sighted , and in one respect are so , since they can ...
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... minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent , for wealth , although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent , happens to be far more intelligible . XLVII . MARRIAGE is a feast where the grace is some ...
... minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent , for wealth , although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent , happens to be far more intelligible . XLVII . MARRIAGE is a feast where the grace is some ...
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Página 3 - Wife' set out in quest of lovers; Morality's prim personification, In which not Envy's self a flaw discovers; To others' share let 'female errors fall', For she had not even one - the worst of all.
Página 12 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart ; 'Tis woman's whole existence...
Página 119 - Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty ; It is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
Página 35 - Alas ! the love of women ! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing ; For all of theirs upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them but mockeries of the past alone...
Página 94 - How can I love to see thee shine So bright, whom I have bought so dear ? The tent-ropes flapping lone I hear...
Página 32 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse: And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues •*> With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, — till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Página 95 - Far from my sacred natal clime, I haste to an untimely grave ; The daring thoughts that soared sublime Are sunk in ocean's southern wave. Slave of the mine ! thy yellow light Gleams baleful as the tomb-fire drear.
Página 6 - Lucretius' irreligion is too strong For early stomachs to prove wholesome food; I can't help thinking Juvenal was wrong, Although no doubt his real intent was good, For speaking out so plainly in his song, So much, indeed, as to be downright rude; And then what proper person can be partial To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
Página 44 - For first, is there any principle in all nature more mysterious than the union of soul with body; by which a supposed spiritual substance acquires such an influence over a material one, that the most refined thought is able to actuate the grossest matter?