A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... perhaps , than cannot , with any face or comeliness , say if he asked none at all ) , but he runneth or do himself ? A man can scarce allege two dangers ; one , that he shall not be his own merits with modesty , much less faithfully ...
... perhaps , than cannot , with any face or comeliness , say if he asked none at all ) , but he runneth or do himself ? A man can scarce allege two dangers ; one , that he shall not be his own merits with modesty , much less faithfully ...
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... perhaps judge of particulars , one by one ; but the general counsels , and the plots and marshalling of affairs , come best from those that are learned . To spend too much time in studies , is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament ...
... perhaps judge of particulars , one by one ; but the general counsels , and the plots and marshalling of affairs , come best from those that are learned . To spend too much time in studies , is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament ...
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... perhaps they find the contrary within . For they are the first that find their own griefs ; though they be the last that find their own faults . But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring . For good thoughts ( though ...
... perhaps they find the contrary within . For they are the first that find their own griefs ; though they be the last that find their own faults . But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring . For good thoughts ( though ...
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... perhaps the stings without which , it is said , no honey is made . Yet I think all sorts of men have ever agreed , they ought to be our servants and not our masters ; to give us some agitation for entertainment or exercise , but never ...
... perhaps the stings without which , it is said , no honey is made . Yet I think all sorts of men have ever agreed , they ought to be our servants and not our masters ; to give us some agitation for entertainment or exercise , but never ...
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... perhaps , of truth , but perhaps only the profession of it , in one place , and the oppression of it in a hundred ? What will follow from it but the preservation , peradventure of unity , but , peradventure , only of uniformity , in ...
... perhaps , of truth , but perhaps only the profession of it , in one place , and the oppression of it in a hundred ? What will follow from it but the preservation , peradventure of unity , but , peradventure , only of uniformity , in ...
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