Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 3C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... dress , is more engaging , than that glare of paint and airs and apparel , which may dazzle the eye , but reaches not the affections . - Hume . CLXXX . All courageous animals are carnivorous , and greater courage is to be expected in a ...
... dress , is more engaging , than that glare of paint and airs and apparel , which may dazzle the eye , but reaches not the affections . - Hume . CLXXX . All courageous animals are carnivorous , and greater courage is to be expected in a ...
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... dress , till , by frequent conversation , we discovered a flaw in his title . If he was incapable of uttering a bon mot , the gold upon his coat would seem foreign to his circumstances . A man should not wear a French dress , till he ...
... dress , till , by frequent conversation , we discovered a flaw in his title . If he was incapable of uttering a bon mot , the gold upon his coat would seem foreign to his circumstances . A man should not wear a French dress , till he ...
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... dress . What is that which some call land , but a fine coat faced with green ? or the sea but a waistcoat of water - tabby ? Proceed to the particular works of the creation , you will find how curious journeyman Nature hath been to trim ...
... dress . What is that which some call land , but a fine coat faced with green ? or the sea but a waistcoat of water - tabby ? Proceed to the particular works of the creation , you will find how curious journeyman Nature hath been to trim ...
Page 102
... dress at Paris , or starting into taste by gazing on some paintings at Rome . Ask him of the manners of the people , and he will tell you that the skirt is worn much shorter in France , and that every body eats macaroni in Italy . When ...
... dress at Paris , or starting into taste by gazing on some paintings at Rome . Ask him of the manners of the people , and he will tell you that the skirt is worn much shorter in France , and that every body eats macaroni in Italy . When ...
Page 107
... putting on grave looks and a solemn habit , sometimes airy in his be- haviour and fantastic in his dress : insomuch that at dif- ferent times he appears as serious as a judge , and as jocular as a merry - andrew . But he has LACONICS . 107.
... putting on grave looks and a solemn habit , sometimes airy in his be- haviour and fantastic in his dress : insomuch that at dif- ferent times he appears as serious as a judge , and as jocular as a merry - andrew . But he has LACONICS . 107.
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