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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Addressed to Those who Think. From the 8th London Ed Charles Caleb Colton. 1 WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR . REMARKS on the TALENTS. THR APR.
Addressed to Those who Think. From the 8th London Ed Charles Caleb Colton. 1 WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR . REMARKS on the TALENTS. THR APR.
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... WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR . REMARKS on the TALENTS of LORD BYRON , and the TEN- DENCIES of DON JUAN , fourth edition . HYPOCRISY , a Satirical Poem , with Notes and Anecdotes . CONFLAGRATION of MOSCOW , a Poem . T PREFACE , & c . & c .
... WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR . REMARKS on the TALENTS of LORD BYRON , and the TEN- DENCIES of DON JUAN , fourth edition . HYPOCRISY , a Satirical Poem , with Notes and Anecdotes . CONFLAGRATION of MOSCOW , a Poem . T PREFACE , & c . & c .
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... talent , con- sider only what will sell , and readers only what will please , it is perhaps a bold experiment to send a volume into the world , whose very faults , ( manifold as I fear they are , ) will cost more pains to de- tect ...
... talent , con- sider only what will sell , and readers only what will please , it is perhaps a bold experiment to send a volume into the world , whose very faults , ( manifold as I fear they are , ) will cost more pains to de- tect ...
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... talent , and yet nothing is more absurd . That talent is of a much higher order of power , than riches , might be proved in various ways ; being so much more indeprivable , and indestructible , so much more above all accident of change ...
... talent , and yet nothing is more absurd . That talent is of a much higher order of power , than riches , might be proved in various ways ; being so much more indeprivable , and indestructible , so much more above all accident of change ...
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... talent , and the sure indications of genius . Because some have united these extravagancies with great demonstrations of talent , as a Rousseau , a Chatterton , a Sa- vage , a Burns , or a Byron , others , finding it less difficult to ...
... talent , and the sure indications of genius . Because some have united these extravagancies with great demonstrations of talent , as a Rousseau , a Chatterton , a Sa- vage , a Burns , or a Byron , others , finding it less difficult to ...
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