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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... principle may be the princi- pal men . " Knowledge indeed is as necessary as light , and in this coming age most fairly promises to be as common as water , and as free as air . But as it has been wisely ordained , that light should have ...
... principle may be the princi- pal men . " Knowledge indeed is as necessary as light , and in this coming age most fairly promises to be as common as water , and as free as air . But as it has been wisely ordained , that light should have ...
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... the livery of the best master only to serve the worst ; ` -in an age when modesty herself is more ashamed of detection than of delinquency ; when independ- ence of principle , consists in having no principle on X PREFACE .
... the livery of the best master only to serve the worst ; ` -in an age when modesty herself is more ashamed of detection than of delinquency ; when independ- ence of principle , consists in having no principle on X PREFACE .
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... principle , consists in having no principle on which to depend ; and free - thinking , not in thinking freely , but in being free from thinking ; - in an age when patriots will hold any thing , except their tongues ; keep any thing ...
... principle , consists in having no principle on which to depend ; and free - thinking , not in thinking freely , but in being free from thinking ; - in an age when patriots will hold any thing , except their tongues ; keep any thing ...
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... principle — that men are the same ; upon this alone it is that the sacred maxim which forms the golden hinge of our religion , rests and revolves , " Do unto thy neigh- bour as thou wouldest that he should do unto thee . " The proverbs ...
... principle — that men are the same ; upon this alone it is that the sacred maxim which forms the golden hinge of our religion , rests and revolves , " Do unto thy neigh- bour as thou wouldest that he should do unto thee . " The proverbs ...
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... principles contained in the follow- ing pages , are such , that whoever avows them , will be considered a Tory by the Whigs and a Whig by the Tories ; for truth , no less than virtue , not unfrequently forms the middle point between two ...
... principles contained in the follow- ing pages , are such , that whoever avows them , will be considered a Tory by the Whigs and a Whig by the Tories ; for truth , no less than virtue , not unfrequently forms the middle point between two ...
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