Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs]. |
Common terms and phrases
Addison Bacon beauty Ben Jonson better Bruyere Butler common Confucius Congreve conversation Cynthia's Revels death delight doth drink Dryden excellent eyes fair fame fear fellow folly fool fortune friends genius give Godfrey Kneller gold Goldsmith gout grace happiness hath hear heart heaven honour Hudibras human humour idle Jonson keep kind king labour laugh learning live look Lord Bacon Lord Bolingbroke lover man's mankind marriage Massinger men's mind mirth nature never o'er observed Ovid pains painting passions person play pleased pleasure Plutarch poet poison'd poor Pope praise pride reason rich seldom sense Shakspeare Shenstone sleep sometimes soul speak sweet taste Tatler tell temper thee thing thou art thought Timon of Athens tion tongue true truth turn vex'd virtue wealth whole wisdom wise woman words write youth