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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... become a game ; in which the Booksellers are the Kings ; the Critics , the Knaves ; the Public , the Pack ; and the poor Author , the mere Table , or Thing played upon . For the last thirty years , the public mind has had such ...
... become a game ; in which the Booksellers are the Kings ; the Critics , the Knaves ; the Public , the Pack ; and the poor Author , the mere Table , or Thing played upon . For the last thirty years , the public mind has had such ...
Page vii
... propositions that are both true and new , these are indisputably our own , by right of discovery ; and if we can re- peat what is old , more briefly and brightly than others , this also becomes our own by right of PREFACE . vil.
... propositions that are both true and new , these are indisputably our own , by right of discovery ; and if we can re- peat what is old , more briefly and brightly than others , this also becomes our own by right of PREFACE . vil.
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... becomes our own by right of con- quest . The pointed propriety of Pope , was to all his readers originality , and even the lawful posses- sors could not always recognize their own proper- ty in his hands . Few have borrowed more freely ...
... becomes our own by right of con- quest . The pointed propriety of Pope , was to all his readers originality , and even the lawful posses- sors could not always recognize their own proper- ty in his hands . Few have borrowed more freely ...
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... become a Lilliputian . I think it is Voltaire who observes , that it was very fortunate for Cromwell , that he appeared upon the stage , at the precise moment when the people were tired of kings ; and as unfortunate for his son Richard ...
... become a Lilliputian . I think it is Voltaire who observes , that it was very fortunate for Cromwell , that he appeared upon the stage , at the precise moment when the people were tired of kings ; and as unfortunate for his son Richard ...
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... becomes a guardian pillar of light and fire to our friends , a cloud of overwhelming and impenetrable darkness to our enemies . " XXXIII . " FELIX quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum , " this is well translated by some one who observes ...
... becomes a guardian pillar of light and fire to our friends , a cloud of overwhelming and impenetrable darkness to our enemies . " XXXIII . " FELIX quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum , " this is well translated by some one who observes ...
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