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" Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it... "
The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson - Side 200
av British essayists - 1819
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The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant ...

1824 - 348 sider
...world for a man to seem to be any thing, is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides that, it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence...then all his pains and labour to seem to have it, is lost. There is something unnatural in painting, which a skilful eye will easily discern from native...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volum 2

1824 - 284 sider
...any thing, is really to be No. 104. THE SPECTATOR. 24 J what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have itj and if a man have it not, it is ten to one, but he is discovered to want it; and then all his pains...
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Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose

Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 sider
...world for a man to seem to be any thing, is really to be what we would seem to be. Besides, that it r degree of virtue it possesses, its sensibility is likely to be the more oppre hare it; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it, and then all his...
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The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the ...

Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 sider
...any thing, is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, it is often as troublesome to support the pretence of a good quality as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is most likely he will be discovered to want it, and then all his labour to seem to have it is lost. There...
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from ...

George Crabb - 1826 - 768 sider
...world for a man to seem to be any thing, is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality as to have it.' TILLOTSON. ' It being granted that God governs the world, it will follow also that he does it by means...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 sider
...thing, is to be in reality what he would seem to be: besides, — it is often as troublesome to support the pretence of a good quality, as to have it: and, if a man have it not, it is most likely he will be discovered to want it; and, then, all his labour to seem to have it, is lost....
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The English Instructor: Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose, Selected from ...

1830 - 288 sider
...any thing, is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, it is often as troublesome to support the pretence of a good quality " as to have it : and if a man have it not, it is most likely he will be discovered to want it3, and then all his labor to seem to have it is lost. There...
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 sider
...be what he would seem to be. Besides that, it is many times as troublesome to make good the presence of a good quality, as to have it; and if a man have...his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost. There is something unnatural in painting, which a skilful eye will easily discern from native beauty...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volum 2

1832 - 282 sider
...thing^i's really to be what he would seem to be. Beside^, that it is many times as troublesome to make geed the pretence of a good. quality, as to have it; and if a man have it not,it is, ten to one, but he is discovered to.want it; and then all his pains and labour, to seem...
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Spectator (The)

1836 - 1118 sider
...really to'be what he would seem to be. Be•idea, that it is many times as trmibleaome to make food the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and...to want it ; and then all his pains and labour to teem to have it, are lost." In another part of the tame discourse he goes on to shew, that all artifice...
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