Elegant Extracts: Being a Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and Entertaining Passages, from the Most Eminent British Poets, Nide 6J. Sharpe, 1810 |
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Sivu 87
... praise that is purchased by prodi- gality . Even when it is not yet discovered to be false , it is the praise only of those whom it is re- proachful to please , and whose sincerity is cor- rupted by their interest ; men who live by the ...
... praise that is purchased by prodi- gality . Even when it is not yet discovered to be false , it is the praise only of those whom it is re- proachful to please , and whose sincerity is cor- rupted by their interest ; men who live by the ...
Sivu 184
... praises or rewards of men , will be dejected by neglect or envy , or infatuated by honours and applauses . It is the duty of ... praise is only a debt , but flattery is a pre- sent . Advice is offensive , not because it lays us open to ...
... praises or rewards of men , will be dejected by neglect or envy , or infatuated by honours and applauses . It is the duty of ... praise is only a debt , but flattery is a pre- sent . Advice is offensive , not because it lays us open to ...
Sivu 213
... praise takes root and spreads . Happy is the body which is blessed with a mind not needing . Foolish tongues talk by the dozen . Show a good man his errour , and he turns it into a virtue ; a bad man doubles his fault . When either side ...
... praise takes root and spreads . Happy is the body which is blessed with a mind not needing . Foolish tongues talk by the dozen . Show a good man his errour , and he turns it into a virtue ; a bad man doubles his fault . When either side ...
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BOOK XI | 1 |
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affections agreeable beauty better cern cheerfulness common consider conversation Coriolanus Crito danger death debt desire doth endeavour enemy evil father faults fear folly fool fortune gamester give hand happiness hath hear heart Heaven honest honour human humour keep kind king labour laudanum laws learning less liberty lies long live look looking-glass lords spiritual man's mankind marriage master men's mind ministers of religion mother nature nerally never noble observed pain passions peace perhaps persons pleasing pleasure Poor Richard says praise prosperity racter reason religion revenge rich Rome Scythian seldom sorrow soul speak spirit tell temper tender thee thing thou thought tion true truth vanity Veturia vice virtue virtuous Volsci Volscian Volumnia wife wine wisdom wise woman women word young youth