Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words : Addressed to Those who ThinkLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1837 - 453 psl. |
Knygos viduje
Rezultatai 15 iš 42
vii psl.
... look- ing into every thing , but of seeing into nothing . There are two things cheap and common enough when separated , but as costly in value , as irresisti- ble in power , when combined truth and novelty . Their union is like that of ...
... look- ing into every thing , but of seeing into nothing . There are two things cheap and common enough when separated , but as costly in value , as irresisti- ble in power , when combined truth and novelty . Their union is like that of ...
27 psl.
... looks for approbation only from Him , who is the same yesterday . -to - day - and for ever . Honour is most capricious in her rewards . She feeds us with air , our house to build our monument . her views , in as much as her hopes ...
... looks for approbation only from Him , who is the same yesterday . -to - day - and for ever . Honour is most capricious in her rewards . She feeds us with air , our house to build our monument . her views , in as much as her hopes ...
34 psl.
... look around me a little , and consult my friends , but some figure I was resolved to make . " Indeed , it is lament- able to think , what a gulph of impracticability must ever separate men of principle , whom offices want , from men of ...
... look around me a little , and consult my friends , but some figure I was resolved to make . " Indeed , it is lament- able to think , what a gulph of impracticability must ever separate men of principle , whom offices want , from men of ...
73 psl.
... look for perfection in the mind , as for the painter to ex- pect to find it in the body . In fact , the sad realities of life give us no great cause to be proud , either of our minds or of our bodies ; but we can conceive in both the ...
... look for perfection in the mind , as for the painter to ex- pect to find it in the body . In fact , the sad realities of life give us no great cause to be proud , either of our minds or of our bodies ; but we can conceive in both the ...
112 psl.
... looks too high to find that which very often lies beneath her . Therefore condescend to men of low estate , and be for wisdom that which Alcibiades was for power . He that rings only one bell , will hear only one sound ; and he that ...
... looks too high to find that which very often lies beneath her . Therefore condescend to men of low estate , and be for wisdom that which Alcibiades was for power . He that rings only one bell , will hear only one sound ; and he that ...
Kiti leidimai - Peržiūrėti viską
Lacon Or, Many Things in Few Words: Address--to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton Visos knygos peržiūra - 1849 |
Lacon Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton Visos knygos peržiūra - 1832 |
Lacon Or, Many Things in Few Words: Address--to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton Visos knygos peržiūra - 1849 |
Pagrindiniai terminai ir frazės
2d Edition admiration affirm ancient attempt Author beauty body cause character Christian cloth common danger death despise discovery Doctor Johnson earth enemies England Engravings envy error evil fear fool FREDERIKA BREMER genius give greatest H.M. Treasury hand happens happiness heaven highwayman HISTORY honour HOWITT human ignorance illustrated improved J. C. LOUDON JOHN LINDLEY Juvenal king knave knowledge labour less liberty live London Lord Lord Peterborough MARY HOWITT matter means ment mind mode moral morocco nation nature never numerous object observed occasion opinion ourselves passions perhaps philosopher Plates pleasure poet possess post 8vo praise present pride principle produce prove readers reason receive religion replied revenge reward SAMUEL LAING seldom society talent things Thomas Creswick THOMAS KEIGHTLEY tion TREATISE true truth vice Vignette Titles virtue vols whole WILLIAM HOWITT wisdom wise Woodcuts write
Populiarios ištraukos
22 psl. - Encyclopaedia of Geography ; comprising a complete Description of the Earth : Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Nations. Second Edition ; with 82 Maps, and upwards of 1,000 other Woodcuts. 8vo. price 60s. Neale.
13 psl. - Visits to Remarkable Places : Old Halls, Battle-Fields, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry. By WILLIAM HOWITT. 2 vols. square crown 8vo. with Wood Engravings, 25s. The Rural Life of England.
17 psl. - ENCYCLOPEDIA of AGRICULTURE: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo.
17 psl. - Britannicum abridged : Containing the Hardy Trees and Shrubs of Great Britain, Native and Foreign, Scientifically and Popularly Described ; with their Propagation, Culture, and Uses in the Arts ; and with Engravings of nearly all the Species.
23 psl. - AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PALEOZOIC FOSSILS of CORNWALL, DEVON, and WEST SOMERSET; observed in the course of the Ordnance Geological Survey of that District. By JOHN PHILLIPS, FRS FGS &c.
101 psl. - And conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it ; to this end I formed the following little prayer, which was prefixed to my tables of examination, for daily use.
5 psl. - Hints to Mothers, for the Management of their Health during the Period of Pregnancy and in the Lying-in Room: With an Exposure of Popular Errors in connexion with those subjects, &c.
10 psl. - MITCHELL'S ORNITHOLOGY -THE GENERA Of BIRDS ; comprising their Generic Characters, a Notice of the Habits of each Genus, and an extensive List of Species, referred to their several Genera. By GEORGE ROBERT GRAY, Acad. Imp. Georg. Florent. Soc. Corresp. Senior Assistant of the Zoological Department, British Museum ; and Author of the " List of the Genera of Birds,
69 psl. - Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say...
23 psl. - TREATISE ON FOOD AND DIET: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen suited for Disordered States of the Digestive Organs ; and an Account of the Dietaries of some of the principal Metropolitan and other Establishments for Paupers, Lunatics, Criminals, Children, the Sick, &c. By JON. PEREIRA, MDFRS & LS Author of