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His locked, lettered, braw brass collar,
Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.
His locked, lettered, braw brass collar,
Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.
All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.
All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.
In naked beauty more adorned
More lovely than Pandora.
In naked beauty more adorned
More lovely than Pandora.
Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means
of procuring respect.
Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means
of procuring respect.
And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
"Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
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And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
"Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days,
On the whole do you think he would have much to spare
If he married a woman with nothing to wear?"
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now
making on the scaffold.
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I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now
making on the scaffold.
[Fr., Je voudrais bien voir la grimace qu'il fait a cette heure
sur cet echafaud.]
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the
bear, but because it gave pleasure to the read more
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the
bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.