Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think. From the 8th London EdLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 267 psl. |
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... profession , will not patiently bear with any one else who does so . And this is one of our most subtle operations of self - love . our own profession , we tacitly except ourselves ; but when another abuses it , we are far from being ...
... profession , will not patiently bear with any one else who does so . And this is one of our most subtle operations of self - love . our own profession , we tacitly except ourselves ; but when another abuses it , we are far from being ...
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... profession of a states- man , an office neither easy nor enviable . It often happens that such men have only a choice of evils , and that , in adopt- ing either , the discontent will be certain , the benefit precarious . It is seldom ...
... profession of a states- man , an office neither easy nor enviable . It often happens that such men have only a choice of evils , and that , in adopt- ing either , the discontent will be certain , the benefit precarious . It is seldom ...
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... profession , is doubly ruined . He adds his soul to every other loss , and by the act of suicide , renounces earth , to forfeit heaven . CCI . TWO things are necessary to a modern martyr , - some to pity , and some to persecute , some ...
... profession , is doubly ruined . He adds his soul to every other loss , and by the act of suicide , renounces earth , to forfeit heaven . CCI . TWO things are necessary to a modern martyr , - some to pity , and some to persecute , some ...
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... professions or pursuits . I myself have heard a common blacksmith eloquent , when welding of iron has been the theme ; for what we know thoroughly , we can usually express clearly , since ideas will supply words , but words will not ...
... professions or pursuits . I myself have heard a common blacksmith eloquent , when welding of iron has been the theme ; for what we know thoroughly , we can usually express clearly , since ideas will supply words , but words will not ...
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... professions it may be said , that soldiers are becoming too popular , parsons too lazy , physicians too mer- cenary , and lawyers too powerful . CCLXXX . MOST men abuse courtiers , and affect to despise courts ; yet most men are proud ...
... professions it may be said , that soldiers are becoming too popular , parsons too lazy , physicians too mer- cenary , and lawyers too powerful . CCLXXX . MOST men abuse courtiers , and affect to despise courts ; yet most men are proud ...
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Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words– Addressed to Those who Think. From ... Charles Caleb Colton Visos knygos peržiūra - 1823 |
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