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Page 83
... things embraced , Both virtue and genius , wit , talent , and taste . What is virtue but reason in exercise traced ? What talent , but reason in brilliant dress ? What is wit but the same that can finely express ? Taste is delicate ...
... things embraced , Both virtue and genius , wit , talent , and taste . What is virtue but reason in exercise traced ? What talent , but reason in brilliant dress ? What is wit but the same that can finely express ? Taste is delicate ...
Page 84
... things amounts to possessing them . Cf. Sen. Ep . 29. Summæ opes , inopia cupiditatum . The greatest riches is to be free from all desires . ( L . ) — 687. C'est souvent hasarder un bon mot et vouloir le perdre , que de le donner pour ...
... things amounts to possessing them . Cf. Sen. Ep . 29. Summæ opes , inopia cupiditatum . The greatest riches is to be free from all desires . ( L . ) — 687. C'est souvent hasarder un bon mot et vouloir le perdre , que de le donner pour ...
Page 92
... things are common property amongst friends . 774. Communibus annis . ( L . ) - On an average of years . One year with another . 775. Communi fit vitio naturæ , ut invisis , latitantibus atque incognitis rebus magis confidamus ...
... things are common property amongst friends . 774. Communibus annis . ( L . ) - On an average of years . One year with another . 775. Communi fit vitio naturæ , ut invisis , latitantibus atque incognitis rebus magis confidamus ...
Page 94
... things : agreeable discords in music . 789. Concordia , integritate , industria . ( L . ) - By concord , in- tegrity , and industry . Motto of Lord Rothschild . 790. Concordia parvæ res crescunt , discordia maxumæ dilabuntur . ( L ...
... things : agreeable discords in music . 789. Concordia , integritate , industria . ( L . ) - By concord , in- tegrity , and industry . Motto of Lord Rothschild . 790. Concordia parvæ res crescunt , discordia maxumæ dilabuntur . ( L ...
Page 99
... thing is , the worse is its abuse . For fairest things grow foulest by foul deeds ; Lilies CORRUPTIO . 99.
... thing is , the worse is its abuse . For fairest things grow foulest by foul deeds ; Lilies CORRUPTIO . 99.
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