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 vii
... kind have been thinking for so many thousands of years , it will often happen that whatever is abso- lutely new , may have the misfortune to be abso- lutely false . It is a melancholy consideration for authors , that there is very ...
... kind have been thinking for so many thousands of years , it will often happen that whatever is abso- lutely new , may have the misfortune to be abso- lutely false . It is a melancholy consideration for authors , that there is very ...
Page 16
... kind of immorta- lity on folly , making the dead more powerful than time , and more sagacious than experience , by subjecting those that are upon the earth , to the perpetual mal - government of those that are beneath it . IV . A WRITER ...
... kind of immorta- lity on folly , making the dead more powerful than time , and more sagacious than experience , by subjecting those that are upon the earth , to the perpetual mal - government of those that are beneath it . IV . A WRITER ...
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... kind of mathematical decision . about them , which dictates that a straight line is the shortest distance between any two points , and that small bodies with velocity , have a greater momentum than large masses without it . Thus they ...
... kind of mathematical decision . about them , which dictates that a straight line is the shortest distance between any two points , and that small bodies with velocity , have a greater momentum than large masses without it . Thus they ...
Page 63
... men despise , because they have not examined , and which they will not examine , because they despise . There is one signal instance on record , where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle ; -- but the IN FEW WORDS . 63.
... men despise , because they have not examined , and which they will not examine , because they despise . There is one signal instance on record , where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle ; -- but the IN FEW WORDS . 63.
Page 92
... kind of anchor in the storm ; but if the anchor be too heavy for the vessel , she will be sunk by that very weight which was in- tended for her preservation.Sapienti , verbum sat . negociator was not to be easily foiled . He took 92 ...
... kind of anchor in the storm ; but if the anchor be too heavy for the vessel , she will be sunk by that very weight which was in- tended for her preservation.Sapienti , verbum sat . negociator was not to be easily foiled . He took 92 ...
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