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Life and Literature

by J Purver Richardson

PREFACE

Good sir, or madam, whosoever thou mayest be, to whom this volume shall come, cast it not aside, but read it Its quaint, curious, and helpful selections have been gathered through many years of careful research on both sides of the Atlantic They will rowth of thy mind, and the health of thy body Let this book be to thee a azine of literary food, of which thou shalt partake, and which thou shalt assi

The gathering of this bouquet of literary gems has been a work of pleasure, but the co of himself for, ”the least that one can say of himself is still too much”

LIFE AND LITERATURE

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1

_Abilities_--No , as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity, a patron, and even the praises of a friend, to recommend them to the notice of the world

--_Pliny_

2

Absence, with all its pains, Is by this char moment wip'd away

3

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar

--_Goodrich_

4

It is told of Ad of acorns, and dropped one wherever there seeht never lack shi+ps

--_English Newspaper_

5

_Acquaintances_--It is easy to make acquaintances, but sometimes difficult to shake them off, however irksome and unprofitable they are found, after we have once committed ourselves to them