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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Page i
... difficulties in authorship ; -to write any thing worth the publishing - to find honest men to publish it - and to get sensible men to read it . Literature has now become a game ; in which the Booksellers are the Kings ; the Critics ...
... difficulties in authorship ; -to write any thing worth the publishing - to find honest men to publish it - and to get sensible men to read it . Literature has now become a game ; in which the Booksellers are the Kings ; the Critics ...
Page viii
... difficulties all must encounter , who aim at originality , will nevertheless in no wise tend to diminish the num- ber of those who will attempt to surmount them since " fools rush in , where angels fear to tread . " In good truth , we ...
... difficulties all must encounter , who aim at originality , will nevertheless in no wise tend to diminish the num- ber of those who will attempt to surmount them since " fools rush in , where angels fear to tread . " In good truth , we ...
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... difficulty they will find to make converts , when that period which they so fondly anticipate shall arrive : an æra of universal illumination . They will then experience a simi- lar rebuff , with those who now attempt to make proselytes ...
... difficulty they will find to make converts , when that period which they so fondly anticipate shall arrive : an æra of universal illumination . They will then experience a simi- lar rebuff , with those who now attempt to make proselytes ...
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... difficulty an advancement , and every contest a victory ; and this is the pursuit of virtue . Sincerely to aspire after virtue , is to gain her , and zealously to labour after her wages , is to receive them . Those that seek her early ...
... difficulty an advancement , and every contest a victory ; and this is the pursuit of virtue . Sincerely to aspire after virtue , is to gain her , and zealously to labour after her wages , is to receive them . Those that seek her early ...
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... difficulty , safety from danger , resource from sterility , and remedy from poison . In her hands all things become beautiful , by their adaptment ; subservient by their use ; and salutary by their application . LI . AS there are none ...
... difficulty , safety from danger , resource from sterility , and remedy from poison . In her hands all things become beautiful , by their adaptment ; subservient by their use ; and salutary by their application . LI . AS there are none ...
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