Pearls of ThoughtHoughton, Mifflin, 1881 - 284 sider |
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Side 3
... character ; he may indeed wear festive attire , but his mourning is be- neath it ; he may smile , divert , act , his soul is still his own ; his inner life is undisturbed ; no indiscreet question will lift the veil , no coarse hand will ...
... character ; he may indeed wear festive attire , but his mourning is be- neath it ; he may smile , divert , act , his soul is still his own ; his inner life is undisturbed ; no indiscreet question will lift the veil , no coarse hand will ...
Side 11
... character , and be- comes the task - master of idleness . Willmott . - Analogy . Analogy , although it is not infalli- ble , is yet that telescope of the mind by which it is marvelously assisted in the discovery of both physi- cal and ...
... character , and be- comes the task - master of idleness . Willmott . - Analogy . Analogy , although it is not infalli- ble , is yet that telescope of the mind by which it is marvelously assisted in the discovery of both physi- cal and ...
Side 17
... character ; so that if you allow your adversary a respectable character , they will think that , though you differ from him , you may be in the wrong . Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in a battle . — Johnson . The ...
... character ; so that if you allow your adversary a respectable character , they will think that , though you differ from him , you may be in the wrong . Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in a battle . — Johnson . The ...
Side 23
... character of a writer which gives him his public significance . It is not imparted by his genius . Napoleon said of Corneille , " Were he living I would make him a king ; " but he did not read him . He read Racine , yet he said nothing ...
... character of a writer which gives him his public significance . It is not imparted by his genius . Napoleon said of Corneille , " Were he living I would make him a king ; " but he did not read him . He read Racine , yet he said nothing ...
Side 29
... - ments and records ; but lives can only be written from personal knowledge , which is growing every day less , and in a short time is lost forever . Johnson . Occasionally a single anecdote opens a character ; biography has BIG BIO 29.
... - ments and records ; but lives can only be written from personal knowledge , which is growing every day less , and in a short time is lost forever . Johnson . Occasionally a single anecdote opens a character ; biography has BIG BIO 29.
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