A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... truth and untruth together in few words , than in that speech , " Whosoever is delighted in solitude , is either a wild beast or god ; " for it is most true , that a natural and secret hatred and aversion towards society , in any man ...
... truth and untruth together in few words , than in that speech , " Whosoever is delighted in solitude , is either a wild beast or god ; " for it is most true , that a natural and secret hatred and aversion towards society , in any man ...
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... truth , of operation upon a man's mind of like virtue as the alchymists use to attribute to their stone for man's body , that it worketh all con- trary effects , but still to the good and benefit of nature ; but yet , without pray- ing ...
... truth , of operation upon a man's mind of like virtue as the alchymists use to attribute to their stone for man's body , that it worketh all con- trary effects , but still to the good and benefit of nature ; but yet , without pray- ing ...
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... truth , though so little owned in pretence , as that it is an enemy to men's pleasures , that it bereaves them of all the sweets of converse , dooms them to an absurd and perpetual melancholy , designing to make the world nothing else ...
... truth , though so little owned in pretence , as that it is an enemy to men's pleasures , that it bereaves them of all the sweets of converse , dooms them to an absurd and perpetual melancholy , designing to make the world nothing else ...
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... TRUTH ALWAYS CONSISTENT . IT is hard to personate and act a part long ; for where truth is not at the bottom , nature will always be endeavouring to return , and will peep out and betray her- self one time or other . Therefore , if any ...
... TRUTH ALWAYS CONSISTENT . IT is hard to personate and act a part long ; for where truth is not at the bottom , nature will always be endeavouring to return , and will peep out and betray her- self one time or other . Therefore , if any ...
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... truth and integrity to the prosperity even of our worldly affairs . These men are so blinded by their co- vetousness ... truth and sincerity in all his words and actions ; for nothing but this will last and hold out to the end ; all ...
... truth and integrity to the prosperity even of our worldly affairs . These men are so blinded by their co- vetousness ... truth and sincerity in all his words and actions ; for nothing but this will last and hold out to the end ; all ...
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