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Page 43
... leave other pleasures for those of philosophy ; I can hear the word reason men- tioned , and virtue praised , without laughing . Do not I bid fair for conversion , think you ? Phil . Very fair , Horatio ; for I remember the time when ...
... leave other pleasures for those of philosophy ; I can hear the word reason men- tioned , and virtue praised , without laughing . Do not I bid fair for conversion , think you ? Phil . Very fair , Horatio ; for I remember the time when ...
Page 52
... leave none of them on foot , because they ruin a country . ou pretence of defending it . " But Socrates ob- jected , " If all the garrisons were taken away , there would be nothing to hinder the first comer from carrying off what he ...
... leave none of them on foot , because they ruin a country . ou pretence of defending it . " But Socrates ob- jected , " If all the garrisons were taken away , there would be nothing to hinder the first comer from carrying off what he ...
Page 72
... leave behind an empty dish ; Though crows and ravens do the same , Unlucky birds of hateful name ; Ravens or crows might fill their places , And swallow corn , and eat carcases . Then if their tombstone , when they die , Ben't taught to ...
... leave behind an empty dish ; Though crows and ravens do the same , Unlucky birds of hateful name ; Ravens or crows might fill their places , And swallow corn , and eat carcases . Then if their tombstone , when they die , Ben't taught to ...
Page 76
... leave that till to - morrow which you can do to- day . ' If you were a servant , would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle ? Are you then your own master ? Be ashamed to catch yourself idle , when there is so ...
... leave that till to - morrow which you can do to- day . ' If you were a servant , would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle ? Are you then your own master ? Be ashamed to catch yourself idle , when there is so ...
Page 77
... leave them your purse open . ' Trusting too much to others ' care is the ruin of many ; for , in the affairs of this world , men are saved , not by faith , but by the want of it ; ' but a man's own care is profitable ; for if you would ...
... leave them your purse open . ' Trusting too much to others ' care is the ruin of many ; for , in the affairs of this world , men are saved , not by faith , but by the want of it ; ' but a man's own care is profitable ; for if you would ...
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