Heart-throbs of Eminent AuthorsMaclean, 1872 - 304 Seiten |
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... Chesterfield . Reckless youth makes rueful age . How changingly for ever veers The heart of youth , ' twixt smiles and tears ! Ev'n as in April the light vane Now points to sunshine , now to rain . Moore . In general , a man in his ...
... Chesterfield . Reckless youth makes rueful age . How changingly for ever veers The heart of youth , ' twixt smiles and tears ! Ev'n as in April the light vane Now points to sunshine , now to rain . Moore . In general , a man in his ...
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... Chesterfield . Though a small draught of philosophy may lead a man . into atheism , a deep draught will certainly bring him back again to the belief in a God . Bacon . Passionate men , like fleet hounds , overrun the scent , and he that ...
... Chesterfield . Though a small draught of philosophy may lead a man . into atheism , a deep draught will certainly bring him back again to the belief in a God . Bacon . Passionate men , like fleet hounds , overrun the scent , and he that ...
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... Chesterfield . The generality of men , like plants , have latent proper- ties which chance brings to light . La Rochefoucauld . Features alone do not run in the blood ; vices and virtues , genius and folly , are transmitted through the ...
... Chesterfield . The generality of men , like plants , have latent proper- ties which chance brings to light . La Rochefoucauld . Features alone do not run in the blood ; vices and virtues , genius and folly , are transmitted through the ...
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... Chesterfield . Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters , stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews to challenge every new author . Longfellow . Critics are a kind of freebooters in the republic of 116 MAN .
... Chesterfield . Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters , stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews to challenge every new author . Longfellow . Critics are a kind of freebooters in the republic of 116 MAN .
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... and a rainy morning would have proved a coward . Chesterfield . Commend a fool for his wit and a knave for his hon- esty , and they will receive you into their bosom . Fielding . The light of other minds is as necessary to the MAN . 117.
... and a rainy morning would have proved a coward . Chesterfield . Commend a fool for his wit and a knave for his hon- esty , and they will receive you into their bosom . Fielding . The light of other minds is as necessary to the MAN . 117.
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