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Materials for Translating from English Into German - Page 160
by Adolph Heimann - 1859
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 600 pages
...ridiculous. ' Add to all this, that sincerity is the most compendious wisdom, and an excellent instrument tor the speedy dispatch of business; it creates confidence...of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in a few words. It is like travelling in a plain beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 382 pages
...it for granted that he makes fools of others, he renders himself ridiculous. ' Add to all this, that sincerity is the most compendious wisdom, and an excellent...of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in a few words. It is like travelling in a plain beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...great many more to make it good. Add to all this, that sincerity is the most compendious wisdom,and an excellent instrument for the speedy dispatch of...of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in a few words. It is like travelling in a plain beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his...
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The British Essayists, Volume 11

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 398 pages
...it for granted that he makes fools of others, he renders himself ridiculous. ' Add to all this, that sincerity is the most compendious wisdom, and an excellent...instrument for the speedy dispatch of .business; it creates confi. deuce in those we have to deal with, saves the lahour of many inquiries, and brings things to...
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The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 388 pages
...it for granted that he makes fools of others, he renders himself ridiculous. ' Add to all this, that sincerity is the most compendious wisdom, and an excellent...deal with, saves the labour of many inquiries, and bring things to an issue hi a few words. It is like travelling in a plain beaten road, which commonly...
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The Spectator, Volume 6

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 384 pages
...granted that he makes fools of others, he renders himself ridiculous. ' Add to all this, that sineerity is the most compendious wisdom, and an excellent instrument...deal with, saves the labour of many inquiries, and bring things to an issue in a few words. It is like travelling in a plain beaten road, which commonly...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...it for granted that he makes fools of others, Ire 'renders himself ridiculous. Add to all this, that sincerity is the most compendious wisdom, and an excellent...instrument for the speedy dispatch of business ; it creates coiiiidence in thoze we have to deal with, saves the la" bour of many inquiries, and brings things...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...trick needs a great many more to make it good. Add to all this, that sincerity is the most compendlou* wisdom, and an excellent instrument for the speedy...confidence in those we have to deal with, saves the labor of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in a few words, it is like travelling in a plain...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...a lie is troublesome, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. Add to all this, that sincerity is the most compendious •wisdom, and an...dispatch of business. It creates confidence in those we bave to deal with, saves the labor of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in a few words....
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - 1819 - 378 pages
...it for granted that He makes fools of others, he renders himself ridiculous. ' Add to all this, that sincerity is the most compendious wisdom, and an excellent...of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in a few words. It is like travelling in a plain beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his...
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