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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... mean to happiness , and by a common but morbid association , he continues to accumulate it as an end . He lives poor , to die rich , and is the mere jailor of his house , and the turnkey of his wealth . Impoverished by his gold , he ...
... mean to happiness , and by a common but morbid association , he continues to accumulate it as an end . He lives poor , to die rich , and is the mere jailor of his house , and the turnkey of his wealth . Impoverished by his gold , he ...
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... mean to keep them ; such persons covet secrets , as a spend- thrift covets money , for the purpose of circulation . XLI . very THAT knowledge which a man may acquire only by travelling , is often too dearly bought . The traveller indeed ...
... mean to keep them ; such persons covet secrets , as a spend- thrift covets money , for the purpose of circulation . XLI . very THAT knowledge which a man may acquire only by travelling , is often too dearly bought . The traveller indeed ...
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... means of producing its opposite good . What for instance appears at first sight to be so insurmountable a barrier to the intercourse of nations as the ocean ; but science has converted it into the best and most expeditious mean , by ...
... means of producing its opposite good . What for instance appears at first sight to be so insurmountable a barrier to the intercourse of nations as the ocean ; but science has converted it into the best and most expeditious mean , by ...
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... means to the end . happened to be the shortest , that made it the right ; and he a man to 66 f the wear invariably sacrificed If the wrong path Cromwell is thus described by his confidential physician George Bate : " A perfect master of ...
... means to the end . happened to be the shortest , that made it the right ; and he a man to 66 f the wear invariably sacrificed If the wrong path Cromwell is thus described by his confidential physician George Bate : " A perfect master of ...
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... means , it is sure to do good , one way or the other . LXXIV HURRY and Cunning are the two apprentices of Dispatch and of Skill ; but neither of them ever learn their masters ' trade . LXXV . SUCCESS seems to be that which forms the dis ...
... means , it is sure to do good , one way or the other . LXXIV HURRY and Cunning are the two apprentices of Dispatch and of Skill ; but neither of them ever learn their masters ' trade . LXXV . SUCCESS seems to be that which forms the dis ...
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