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 pages |
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... LORD BYRON , ' & c . & c . 6 σε Φιλοσοφια εκ παραδειγμάτων . ” " The noblest study of mankind is man . " VOL . I. ENTERED AT STATIONERS - HALL . EIGHTEENTH EDITION . LONDON : PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN ...
... LORD BYRON , ' & c . & c . 6 σε Φιλοσοφια εκ παραδειγμάτων . ” " The noblest study of mankind is man . " VOL . I. ENTERED AT STATIONERS - HALL . EIGHTEENTH EDITION . LONDON : PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN ...
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... BY THE SAME AUTHOR . REMARKS on the TALENTS of LORD BYRON , and the TEN- DENCIES of DON JUAN , fourth edition . HYPOCRISY , a Satirical Poem , with Notes and Anecdotes . CONFLAGRATION of MOSCOW , a Poem . T PREFACE , & c . & c . THERE.
... BY THE SAME AUTHOR . REMARKS on the TALENTS of LORD BYRON , and the TEN- DENCIES of DON JUAN , fourth edition . HYPOCRISY , a Satirical Poem , with Notes and Anecdotes . CONFLAGRATION of MOSCOW , a Poem . T PREFACE , & c . & c . THERE.
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... lord Bacon , should have no patrons but truth and reason . Even the at- tractive prose of Dryden , could not dignify dedi- cations , and perhaps they ought never to be resort- ed to , being as derogatory to the writer , as dull to the ...
... lord Bacon , should have no patrons but truth and reason . Even the at- tractive prose of Dryden , could not dignify dedi- cations , and perhaps they ought never to be resort- ed to , being as derogatory to the writer , as dull to the ...
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... - ing his rank , for his talent . When Leonardo da Vinci died , his sovereign exclaimed , " I can make a thousand lords , but not one Leonardo . " Cicero observed to a de- generate patrician , " I am the first of my 18 MANY THINGS.
... - ing his rank , for his talent . When Leonardo da Vinci died , his sovereign exclaimed , " I can make a thousand lords , but not one Leonardo . " Cicero observed to a de- generate patrician , " I am the first of my 18 MANY THINGS.
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... Lord Burleigh is not the only statesman who has thought one hundred pounds too much for a song , though sung by Spencer ; although Oliver Goldsmith is the only poet who ever considered himself to have been overpaid . The reward in this ...
... Lord Burleigh is not the only statesman who has thought one hundred pounds too much for a song , though sung by Spencer ; although Oliver Goldsmith is the only poet who ever considered himself to have been overpaid . The reward in this ...
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