Polonius: A Collection of Wise Saws and Modern InstancesMethuen & Company, 1903 - 163 sider |
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Side xvi
... true of the author referred to -not true , I should suppose , of the class to which he belongs , ( except as regards the foolish and vulgar use of French ) -but very true of the Hammersmith education , of which my complete Letterwriter ...
... true of the author referred to -not true , I should suppose , of the class to which he belongs , ( except as regards the foolish and vulgar use of French ) -but very true of the Hammersmith education , of which my complete Letterwriter ...
Side xxiii
... true in any matter , most of all surely in morals , for the most part so old , so trite , and , in this naughty world , so dull . Are not all minds grown " fine and fastidious " in these matters , apt to close against any but the most ...
... true in any matter , most of all surely in morals , for the most part so old , so trite , and , in this naughty world , so dull . Are not all minds grown " fine and fastidious " in these matters , apt to close against any but the most ...
Side 3
... true and lawful end of aspiring . For good thoughts , though God accept them , yet towards men they are little better than good dreams , except they be put in act ; and that cannot be with- out power and place , as the vantage and ...
... true and lawful end of aspiring . For good thoughts , though God accept them , yet towards men they are little better than good dreams , except they be put in act ; and that cannot be with- out power and place , as the vantage and ...
Side 6
... true light , yet returns back to his former fellows who dwell in the dark , watch- ing shadows . " EVERY OAK MUST BE An acorn . " " WHEN the Balloon was first dis- covered , some one said to Franklin , " What will ever come of it ...
... true light , yet returns back to his former fellows who dwell in the dark , watch- ing shadows . " EVERY OAK MUST BE An acorn . " " WHEN the Balloon was first dis- covered , some one said to Franklin , " What will ever come of it ...
Side 7
... of sense says nothing and submits . This is very wise , you will say ; but it is very true . - Jeremiah Markland . ( 6 WHAT CAN'T BE CURED MUST " " BE ENDURED . * Sickness . " PENNY WISE , POUND FOOLISH . " THE saying 7.
... of sense says nothing and submits . This is very wise , you will say ; but it is very true . - Jeremiah Markland . ( 6 WHAT CAN'T BE CURED MUST " " BE ENDURED . * Sickness . " PENNY WISE , POUND FOOLISH . " THE saying 7.
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