A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... mean , aid and bearing ( especially of the greater sort ) do commit , a part in all actions and occasions . Here , for want of a friend to tell them of them , the best way to represent to life the mani- to the great damage both of their ...
... mean , aid and bearing ( especially of the greater sort ) do commit , a part in all actions and occasions . Here , for want of a friend to tell them of them , the best way to represent to life the mani- to the great damage both of their ...
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... means to take them off , and to bring others on , as musicians use to do with those that dance too long gal- liards . If you dissemble sometimes your knowledge of that you are thought to know , you shall be thought , another time , to ...
... means to take them off , and to bring others on , as musicians use to do with those that dance too long gal- liards . If you dissemble sometimes your knowledge of that you are thought to know , you shall be thought , another time , to ...
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... means to thy posterity to live , and defend themselves and thine own fame . Where it is said in the Proverbs , " That he shall be sore vexed that is surety for a stranger , and he that hateth surety- ship is sure ; " it is further said ...
... means to thy posterity to live , and defend themselves and thine own fame . Where it is said in the Proverbs , " That he shall be sore vexed that is surety for a stranger , and he that hateth surety- ship is sure ; " it is further said ...
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... means to make them more governable , and to remove bad examples out of the world , which would hinder the spreading of the infection , and people and reform the world again by new examples of piety and virtue . For when there are such ...
... means to make them more governable , and to remove bad examples out of the world , which would hinder the spreading of the infection , and people and reform the world again by new examples of piety and virtue . For when there are such ...
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... means . Indeed , if a man were only to deal in the world for a day , and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind , never more need their good opinion or good word , it were then no great matter ( speaking as to the ...
... means . Indeed , if a man were only to deal in the world for a day , and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind , never more need their good opinion or good word , it were then no great matter ( speaking as to the ...
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