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THE WORLD'S LACONICS.

WORLD'S LACONICS;

OR THE

Best Thoughts of the Best Authors.

BY EVERARD BERKELEY. pseud. of
Tryon Edwards

IN PROSE AND POETRY.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION

BY

WILLIAM B. SPRAGUE, D.D.

"Quotation, sir, is a good thing; there is a community of mind in it: classical quotation is the parole
of literary men all over the world."--Dr. Johnson.

"Abstracts, abridgments, summaries, etc., have the same use with burning-glasses-to collect the
diffused rays of wit and learning in authors, and make them point with warmth and quickness upon
the reader's imagination."-Swift.

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NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY M. W. DODD,
Corner of Spruce St. and City Hall Square.

1853.
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