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Strona 81
Another defect to be shunned is , speaking like one reading , and having what is
called a well - written conversation . ... the other : because being in the habit of
speaking as they would write , they imagine they ought to write as they speak .
Another defect to be shunned is , speaking like one reading , and having what is
called a well - written conversation . ... the other : because being in the habit of
speaking as they would write , they imagine they ought to write as they speak .
Strona 106
Every county of Great Britain has one hundred or more of fox hunters , who roar
instead of speaking ; therefore if it be true , that we women are also given to a
greater fluency of words than is necessary , sure she that disturbs but a room or a
...
Every county of Great Britain has one hundred or more of fox hunters , who roar
instead of speaking ; therefore if it be true , that we women are also given to a
greater fluency of words than is necessary , sure she that disturbs but a room or a
...
Strona 156
Never to speak by superlatives is a sign of a wise man ; for that way of speaking
wounds either truth or prudence . Exaggerations are so many prostitutions of
reputation ; because they discover the weakness of understanding , and the bad
...
Never to speak by superlatives is a sign of a wise man ; for that way of speaking
wounds either truth or prudence . Exaggerations are so many prostitutions of
reputation ; because they discover the weakness of understanding , and the bad
...
Strona 203
Thus we not only see that men of the highest rank notice those who speak
correctly and elegantly , of whatever profession they may be , and on the contrary
, despise them who have not this advantage , but even the lowest order of people
...
Thus we not only see that men of the highest rank notice those who speak
correctly and elegantly , of whatever profession they may be , and on the contrary
, despise them who have not this advantage , but even the lowest order of people
...
Strona 292
It is true , that the laws of China do not speak of rewards and punishments after
death ; they would not venture to affirm that , of which they know nothing . The
doctrine of a hell was useful ; but the government of China would never admit it .
It is true , that the laws of China do not speak of rewards and punishments after
death ; they would not venture to affirm that , of which they know nothing . The
doctrine of a hell was useful ; but the government of China would never admit it .
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Strona 33 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Strona 244 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Strona 105 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Strona 182 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Strona 287 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Strona 196 - He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.
Strona 242 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Strona 232 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.
Strona 143 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Strona 226 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.