Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words : Addressed to Those who ThinkLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1837 - 453 psl. |
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... improving myself . " Labor ipse voluptas . " It is much safer to think what we say , than to say what we think ; I have attempted both . This is a work of no party , and my sole wish is , that truth may prevail in the church , and ...
... improving myself . " Labor ipse voluptas . " It is much safer to think what we say , than to say what we think ; I have attempted both . This is a work of no party , and my sole wish is , that truth may prevail in the church , and ...
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... improved all that it conciliated The triumphs of wit should rather be compared to the in- roads of the Parthians , splendid , but transient ; a victory succeeding by surprise , and indebted more to the sharpness of the arrow , than the ...
... improved all that it conciliated The triumphs of wit should rather be compared to the in- roads of the Parthians , splendid , but transient ; a victory succeeding by surprise , and indebted more to the sharpness of the arrow , than the ...
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... improved by his virtues , and that the tone of morals rises high , when he that leads the band is perfect , these are truths admitted with exultation , and felt with honest pride . But that a nation is equally degraded by a monarch's ...
... improved by his virtues , and that the tone of morals rises high , when he that leads the band is perfect , these are truths admitted with exultation , and felt with honest pride . But that a nation is equally degraded by a monarch's ...
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... improvements , and of various judgments exercised in the rejection of what was wrong , no less than in the adoption of what was right . We , therefore , are profiting not only by the knowledge , but also by the ignorance , not only by ...
... improvements , and of various judgments exercised in the rejection of what was wrong , no less than in the adoption of what was right . We , therefore , are profiting not only by the knowledge , but also by the ignorance , not only by ...
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... improved , a new state of things arose . The refinements of luxury enabled the individual to expend the whole of his income , however vast , upon himself ; and hos- pitality immediately yielded to parsimony , and magnificence The ...
... improved , a new state of things arose . The refinements of luxury enabled the individual to expend the whole of his income , however vast , upon himself ; and hos- pitality immediately yielded to parsimony , and magnificence The ...
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