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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... mind has had such interesting and rapid incidents to wit- ness , and to reflect upon , and must now anticipate some that will be still more momentous , that any thing like dulness or prosing in authorship , will either nauseate , or be ...
... mind has had such interesting and rapid incidents to wit- ness , and to reflect upon , and must now anticipate some that will be still more momentous , that any thing like dulness or prosing in authorship , will either nauseate , or be ...
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... Solomon knew mankind , and mankind are ever the same . No revolu- tion has taken place in the body , nor in the mind . Four thousand years ago , men shivered with frost , and panted with heat , were cold in their gratitude xii PREFACE .
... Solomon knew mankind , and mankind are ever the same . No revolu- tion has taken place in the body , nor in the mind . Four thousand years ago , men shivered with frost , and panted with heat , were cold in their gratitude xii PREFACE .
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... minds ; who , standing like Socrates , on the apex of wis- dom , has removed from his eyes all film of earthly dross , and has foreseen a purer law , a nobler system , a brighter order of things ; in short , a promised land ! which ...
... minds ; who , standing like Socrates , on the apex of wis- dom , has removed from his eyes all film of earthly dross , and has foreseen a purer law , a nobler system , a brighter order of things ; in short , a promised land ! which ...
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... minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause , without obtaining it , than obtain , without deserving it ; if it follow them , it is well , but they will not deviate to follow it . With inferior minds the reverse is observable ; so ...
... minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause , without obtaining it , than obtain , without deserving it ; if it follow them , it is well , but they will not deviate to follow it . With inferior minds the reverse is observable ; so ...
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... minds of the very highest order , who have given an unrestrained course to their caprice , or to their passions , would have been so much higher , by subduing them ; and that so far from pre- suming that the world would give them credit ...
... minds of the very highest order , who have given an unrestrained course to their caprice , or to their passions , would have been so much higher , by subduing them ; and that so far from pre- suming that the world would give them credit ...
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