A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... cause , the work will be found sufficiently varied and comprehensive . He has to return his thanks to Messrs . Longman & Co. for permission to include extracts from the works of Lord Macaulay and the Rev. Sydney Smith , and to Messrs ...
... cause , the work will be found sufficiently varied and comprehensive . He has to return his thanks to Messrs . Longman & Co. for permission to include extracts from the works of Lord Macaulay and the Rev. Sydney Smith , and to Messrs ...
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... cause of esteem , is com- monly thought but a by - way to close cor- ruption . For roughness , it is a needless cause of discontent ; severity breedeth fear , but roughness breedeth hate . Even reproofs from authority ought to be grave ...
... cause of esteem , is com- monly thought but a by - way to close cor- ruption . For roughness , it is a needless cause of discontent ; severity breedeth fear , but roughness breedeth hate . Even reproofs from authority ought to be grave ...
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... cause contempt in others and loathing in thee . Neither make choice of a dwarf , or a fool ; for , by the one thou shalt beget a race of pigmies ; the other will be thy continual disgrace , and it will yirke thee to hear her talk . thou ...
... cause contempt in others and loathing in thee . Neither make choice of a dwarf , or a fool ; for , by the one thou shalt beget a race of pigmies ; the other will be thy continual disgrace , and it will yirke thee to hear her talk . thou ...
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... cause perfection in a man - nature , reason , use . Reason I call discipline : use , exercise : if any one of these branches want , cer- tainly the tree of virtue must needs wither ; for nature without discipline is of small force , and ...
... cause perfection in a man - nature , reason , use . Reason I call discipline : use , exercise : if any one of these branches want , cer- tainly the tree of virtue must needs wither ; for nature without discipline is of small force , and ...
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... cause to fear the losing of its notice of the affairs of the world ; of peace or wars , or church or kingdoms . For if the sun can send forth its material beams , and operate by motion , light , and heat , at such a distance as this ...
... cause to fear the losing of its notice of the affairs of the world ; of peace or wars , or church or kingdoms . For if the sun can send forth its material beams , and operate by motion , light , and heat , at such a distance as this ...
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