A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... believe and take for granted , nor to find talk and dis- course , but to weigh and consider . Some books are to be tasted , others to be swal- lowed , and some few to be chewed and digested that is , some books are to be read only in ...
... believe and take for granted , nor to find talk and dis- course , but to weigh and consider . Some books are to be tasted , others to be swal- lowed , and some few to be chewed and digested that is , some books are to be read only in ...
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... believe every of youth , acquit themselves afterwards the one is valiant that hath a well - furnished jewels of the country , and therefore their dulness at first is to be borne with , if the smoking , not the number of the tun- armoury ...
... believe every of youth , acquit themselves afterwards the one is valiant that hath a well - furnished jewels of the country , and therefore their dulness at first is to be borne with , if the smoking , not the number of the tun- armoury ...
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... believe , the rich and happy people , who are so fond of long life , would not like very well . This would utterly undo our young prodigal heirs , were their hopes of succession three or four hundred years off , who , as short as life ...
... believe , the rich and happy people , who are so fond of long life , would not like very well . This would utterly undo our young prodigal heirs , were their hopes of succession three or four hundred years off , who , as short as life ...
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... believe that our neces- sities are greater than they are , in which it treats us as fools , and makes us slaves . But it is indeed most ridiculous in this , that ofttimes , after it has persuaded men that a great estate is necessary ...
... believe that our neces- sities are greater than they are , in which it treats us as fools , and makes us slaves . But it is indeed most ridiculous in this , that ofttimes , after it has persuaded men that a great estate is necessary ...
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... believe to be false . Lying is a great sin against God , who gave us a tongue to speak the truth , and not false- hood . It is a great offence against hu- manity itself ; for , where there is no regard to truth , there can be no safe ...
... believe to be false . Lying is a great sin against God , who gave us a tongue to speak the truth , and not false- hood . It is a great offence against hu- manity itself ; for , where there is no regard to truth , there can be no safe ...
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