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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... hands . Few have borrowed more freely than Gray and Milton , but with a princely prodi- gality , they have repaid the obscure thoughts of others , with far brighter of their own ; like the ocean , which drinks up the muddy water of the ...
... hands . Few have borrowed more freely than Gray and Milton , but with a princely prodi- gality , they have repaid the obscure thoughts of others , with far brighter of their own ; like the ocean , which drinks up the muddy water of the ...
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... hands of all of them , a bible , should order them , thus equipped , to march against the enemy . Here , we plainly see the folly of calling in the bible to support the sword ; but is it not as great a folly to call in the sword to ...
... hands of all of them , a bible , should order them , thus equipped , to march against the enemy . Here , we plainly see the folly of calling in the bible to support the sword ; but is it not as great a folly to call in the sword to ...
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... hands all things become beautiful , by their adaptment ; subservient by their use ; and salutary by their application . LI . AS there are none so weak , that we may venture to injure them with impunity , so there are none so low , that ...
... hands all things become beautiful , by their adaptment ; subservient by their use ; and salutary by their application . LI . AS there are none so weak , that we may venture to injure them with impunity , so there are none so low , that ...
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... hands . LXII . IT is far more safe to lower any pretensions that a woman may aspire to , on the score of her virtue , than those dearer ones which she may foster on the side of her vanity . Tell her that she is not in the exact road to ...
... hands . LXII . IT is far more safe to lower any pretensions that a woman may aspire to , on the score of her virtue , than those dearer ones which she may foster on the side of her vanity . Tell her that she is not in the exact road to ...
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... hand of victory , while she is hesi- tating where to bestow them . That policy that can strike only while the iron is hot , will be overcome by that per- severance , which , like Cromwell's , can make the iron hot by striking ; and he ...
... hand of victory , while she is hesi- tating where to bestow them . That policy that can strike only while the iron is hot , will be overcome by that per- severance , which , like Cromwell's , can make the iron hot by striking ; and he ...
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