Prose Quotations from Socrates to MacaulayJ.B. Lippincott, 1909 - 764 oldal |
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14. oldal
... greater absurdities are , the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow . ATTERBURY . Absurdities are great or small in proportion LANDOR . to custom or insuetude . ACTIONS . Actions are of so mixed ...
... greater absurdities are , the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow . ATTERBURY . Absurdities are great or small in proportion LANDOR . to custom or insuetude . ACTIONS . Actions are of so mixed ...
26. oldal
... greater . SOUTH . Tiberius was bad enough in his youth ; but superlatively and monstrously so in his old age . SOUTH . You once remarked to me how time strength- ened family affections , and , indeed , all early ones : one's feelings ...
... greater . SOUTH . Tiberius was bad enough in his youth ; but superlatively and monstrously so in his old age . SOUTH . You once remarked to me how time strength- ened family affections , and , indeed , all early ones : one's feelings ...
31. oldal
... greater unreasonableness in the world than in the designs of ambition ; for it makes the present certainly miserable , unsatis- fied , troublesome , and discontented , for the un- certain acquisition of an honour which nothing can ...
... greater unreasonableness in the world than in the designs of ambition ; for it makes the present certainly miserable , unsatis- fied , troublesome , and discontented , for the un- certain acquisition of an honour which nothing can ...
33. oldal
... greater apprehension ; and yet I see the matter trifled with , as if it were the beaten routine , an ordinary quarter - session , or a paltry course of common gaol - delivery . BURKE : On the Measures against the American Colonies ...
... greater apprehension ; and yet I see the matter trifled with , as if it were the beaten routine , an ordinary quarter - session , or a paltry course of common gaol - delivery . BURKE : On the Measures against the American Colonies ...
44. oldal
... greater number of specimens ; and he had devoted him- self , as it appears , more exclusively to the studying by the side of his enemies against his asso- of elegant literature . His peculiar judgments are of more value than his general ...
... greater number of specimens ; and he had devoted him- self , as it appears , more exclusively to the studying by the side of his enemies against his asso- of elegant literature . His peculiar judgments are of more value than his general ...
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