Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayLippincott, 1894 - 555 pages |
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... wishes and what he knows ; whilst the stranger pronounceth all exaggerated , through envy of those deeds which he is conscious are above his own achievement . For the praises bestowed on others are then only to be endured when men ...
... wishes and what he knows ; whilst the stranger pronounceth all exaggerated , through envy of those deeds which he is conscious are above his own achievement . For the praises bestowed on others are then only to be endured when men ...
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... wish the worthiest to be their sons ? If the Patricians have reason despise me , let them likewise despise their ancestors , whose nobility was the fruit of their virtue . Do they envy the honours bestowed upon me ? let them envy ...
... wish the worthiest to be their sons ? If the Patricians have reason despise me , let them likewise despise their ancestors , whose nobility was the fruit of their virtue . Do they envy the honours bestowed upon me ? let them envy ...
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... wish to learn how to support a great fortune . You know the short time this work has taken . I have been less at ... wish you , and this is all I can offer toward it . I wish this little treatise may be of use to you . If it should not ...
... wish to learn how to support a great fortune . You know the short time this work has taken . I have been less at ... wish you , and this is all I can offer toward it . I wish this little treatise may be of use to you . If it should not ...
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... wish that cler- gymen , the curates , parsons , and vicars , the bishops , and all other spiritual persons . would learn this lesson by these poor shep herds , which is this , -to abide by their flocks and by their sheep , to tarry ...
... wish that cler- gymen , the curates , parsons , and vicars , the bishops , and all other spiritual persons . would learn this lesson by these poor shep herds , which is this , -to abide by their flocks and by their sheep , to tarry ...
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... wish for as another , and allow my wishes as much liberty and indis- cretion ; but yet it never befell me to wish for either empire or royalty , for the eminency of those high and commanding fortunes . I do not aim that way ; I love ...
... wish for as another , and allow my wishes as much liberty and indis- cretion ; but yet it never befell me to wish for either empire or royalty , for the eminency of those high and commanding fortunes . I do not aim that way ; I love ...
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