A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... true friends , without which the world is but a wilderness ; and , even in this scene also of solitude , whosoever , in the frame of his nature and affections , is unfit for friendship , he taketh it of the beast , and not from humanity ...
... true friends , without which the world is but a wilderness ; and , even in this scene also of solitude , whosoever , in the frame of his nature and affections , is unfit for friendship , he taketh it of the beast , and not from humanity ...
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... true upon the arm as upon a rest ; and such friend , he may rest almost secure that the other fond and high imaginations , to care of those things will continue after think himself all in all : but when all is him ; so that a man hath ...
... true upon the arm as upon a rest ; and such friend , he may rest almost secure that the other fond and high imaginations , to care of those things will continue after think himself all in all : but when all is him ; so that a man hath ...
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... true and lawful end of aspiring . For good thoughts ( though God accept them ) , yet towards men are little better than good dreams , except they be put in act , and that cannot be without power and place , as the vantage and commanding ...
... true and lawful end of aspiring . For good thoughts ( though God accept them ) , yet towards men are little better than good dreams , except they be put in act , and that cannot be without power and place , as the vantage and commanding ...
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... true ; as if it were a praise to know what might be said , and not what should be thought . Some have certain common places and themes , where- in they are good and want variety ; which kind of poverty is for the most part tedi- ous ...
... true ; as if it were a praise to know what might be said , and not what should be thought . Some have certain common places and themes , where- in they are good and want variety ; which kind of poverty is for the most part tedi- ous ...
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... TRUE STRENGTH OF KINGS . THEY say the goodliest cedars which grow on the high mountains of Libanus thrust their roots between the clefts of against the strong storms that blow there . As nature has instructed those kings of trees , so ...
... TRUE STRENGTH OF KINGS . THEY say the goodliest cedars which grow on the high mountains of Libanus thrust their roots between the clefts of against the strong storms that blow there . As nature has instructed those kings of trees , so ...
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