Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 3C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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Page 68
... marriage , has such a gust in spending it , that she throws it away with great profusion . - Johnson . CCCXXXV . The infinitely little constitutes the infinite difference in works of art , and in the degrees of morals and religion ; the ...
... marriage , has such a gust in spending it , that she throws it away with great profusion . - Johnson . CCCXXXV . The infinitely little constitutes the infinite difference in works of art , and in the degrees of morals and religion ; the ...
Page 71
... marry a second time , it might be concluded that his first wife had given him a disgust to marriage ; but by taking a second wife , he pays the highest compliment to the first , by showing that she made him so happy as a married man ...
... marry a second time , it might be concluded that his first wife had given him a disgust to marriage ; but by taking a second wife , he pays the highest compliment to the first , by showing that she made him so happy as a married man ...
Page 81
... but also never think well of those whom they dislike , and the whole character and conduct is con- sidered with an eye to that particular thing which offends them . - Butler . ССССІІ . In comedy , the plot turns on marriage LACONICS . 81.
... but also never think well of those whom they dislike , and the whole character and conduct is con- sidered with an eye to that particular thing which offends them . - Butler . ССССІІ . In comedy , the plot turns on marriage LACONICS . 81.
Page 82
... marriage ; in tragedy , it turns on murder . The whole intrigue , in the one and the other , turns on this grand event ; will they marry ? will they not marry ? will they murder ? will they not murder ? There will be a marriage ; there ...
... marriage ; in tragedy , it turns on murder . The whole intrigue , in the one and the other , turns on this grand event ; will they marry ? will they not marry ? will they murder ? will they not murder ? There will be a marriage ; there ...
Page 87
... marriage , may be applied to every other course of life , that its two days of happiness are the first and the last . - Johnson . CCCCXXVII . The honour of a maid is her name ; and no legacy is so rich as honesty . - Shakspeare ...
... marriage , may be applied to every other course of life , that its two days of happiness are the first and the last . - Johnson . CCCCXXVII . The honour of a maid is her name ; and no legacy is so rich as honesty . - Shakspeare ...
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