Aphorisms and apothegms - Early works to 1800

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1. Catonis disticha de moribus; 2. Dicta insignia septem sapientum Græciæ. 3. Mimi publiani, sive senecæ proverbia anglo Latina . Cato item grammatice interpretatus latinis & vernaculis vocibus pari ordine, sed diversis lineis alternatis. Quo sc. ætatula puerilis præcepta vitæ communis ita legant ut intelligant. A Corolo Hoolo. A.M. private scholæ grammaticæ institutore in purificum viciculo apud Londinates. 1. Cato's distichs concerning manners; 2. Excellant sayings of the seven wise men of Greece. 3. Publius's stage verses or seneca's proverbs in Latin and English. Likewise cato construed grammatically. With one row Latin, and another English. Whereby little children may understandingly learn the rules of common behaviour. By Charles Hoole, Mr. of arts, and teacher of a Private Grammar School in Goldsmith's-Alley, London.
Date: 1727
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Antiquity; or the wise instructer. Being a collection of the most valuable admonitions and sentences, compendiously put together, from an infinite Variety of the most celebrated Christian and heathen writers, Divine, Moral, Historical, Poetical, and Political
N. L. (Nicholas Ling), fl. 1580-1607.Date: 1770
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Maxims of piety and of Christianity. By the late Right Reverend Thomas Wilson, D. D. Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man
Wilson, Thomas, 1663-1755.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
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The newest and most compleat polite familiar letter-writer On the most important Concerns in Life, both with regard to Love and Business in which is included Letters giving an Account of the political State of England, with several Letters of the most celebrated Authors, both Antient and Modern, viz. Pliny, Cicero, Voiture, Locke, Balzac, Addison, Steele, Pope, Gay, Swift, Voltaire, Rochester, Temple, K. of Prussia, Q. Anne, &c. With a collection of the Newest and Most Polite message cards. A Collection of Select Moral Sentences, Extracted from the most eminent Authors both antient and modern, directing not only how to think, but to act justly and prudently in the common Concerns of human Life. And ten precepts, which William Lord Burghley gave to his second Son Robert Earl of Salisbury. To which is prefixed, A Large introduction, Containing Directions and proper Forms to be observed in writing familiar Letters on all Occasions, and addressing Persons of eminent Rank and Station For the use of young Gentlemen, Ladies, Tradesmen, &c. The Fourth Edition, with large Additions and Amendments. By John Tavernier, Esq;.
Tavernier, JohnDate: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
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Sententiæ quædam selectæ ethicæ et historicæ . Cum notis, et indice verborum ommium quæ occurrunt. In usum scholarum edidit Robertus Burrowes, D.D. magister scholæ enniskillensis.
Burrowes, Robert, 1756?-1841.Date: 1800