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 ix
... served of good writing , as of good blood , that it is much easier to say what it is composed of , than to compose it . Most of the maxims and positions advanced in the present volume , are founded on two simple truisms , that men are ...
... served of good writing , as of good blood , that it is much easier to say what it is composed of , than to compose it . Most of the maxims and positions advanced in the present volume , are founded on two simple truisms , that men are ...
Page x
... put on 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 .
... put on 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 .
Page xiii
... serve both . I have however , neither the hope nor the fear , that my opinions on politics , or any other subject , will attract much attention . The approbation of a few discerning friends , is all the reward I wish for my labours ...
... serve both . I have however , neither the hope nor the fear , that my opinions on politics , or any other subject , will attract much attention . The approbation of a few discerning friends , is all the reward I wish for my labours ...
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... serves the worst master more faithfully than some christians do the best , and will take nothing for it . He falls down and worships the god of this world , but will have neither its pomps , its vanities , nor its pleasures , for his ...
... serves the worst master more faithfully than some christians do the best , and will take nothing for it . He falls down and worships the god of this world , but will have neither its pomps , its vanities , nor its pleasures , for his ...
Page 27
... serve only to augment and to consolidate the strength of their purse . XXV . + MEN will wrangle for religion ; write for it ; fight for it ; die for it ; any thing but -- live for it . XXVI . and often pulls down She is contracted in ...
... serve only to augment and to consolidate the strength of their purse . XXV . + MEN will wrangle for religion ; write for it ; fight for it ; die for it ; any thing but -- live for it . XXVI . and often pulls down She is contracted in ...
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