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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... court , the cabinet , or the camp . When error sits in the seat of power and of authority , and is generated in high places , it may be compared to that torrent which originates indeed in the mountain , but commits its devastation in ...
... court , the cabinet , or the camp . When error sits in the seat of power and of authority , and is generated in high places , it may be compared to that torrent which originates indeed in the mountain , but commits its devastation in ...
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... court ; but , like Charles the XIIth , he had always more sail than ballast , and after the most hair - breadth escapes , was shipwrecked at last . Napoleon had more of this promptitude of deci- sion , than any other character , ancient ...
... court ; but , like Charles the XIIth , he had always more sail than ballast , and after the most hair - breadth escapes , was shipwrecked at last . Napoleon had more of this promptitude of deci- sion , than any other character , ancient ...
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... Court minions lifted up from obscurity by their vices , and splendid , only be- cause they reflect the rays of royal munificence , may be compared to those fogs , which the sun raises up from a swamp , merely to obscure the beams ...
... Court minions lifted up from obscurity by their vices , and splendid , only be- cause they reflect the rays of royal munificence , may be compared to those fogs , which the sun raises up from a swamp , merely to obscure the beams ...
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... courts and in cabinets , that there are two things going on together , a main - plot , and an under - plot ; and he that understands ouly one of them , will , in all probability , be the dupe of both . A mistress may rule a monarch ...
... courts and in cabinets , that there are two things going on together , a main - plot , and an under - plot ; and he that understands ouly one of them , will , in all probability , be the dupe of both . A mistress may rule a monarch ...
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... court of France , in the year 1699 , are the following items : Absolution for apostacy , 80 livres ; for bigamy , 10,050 ; ditto for homicide , 95 ; dispensation for a great irregularity , 50 livres ; dispensation from vows of chastity ...
... court of France , in the year 1699 , are the following items : Absolution for apostacy , 80 livres ; for bigamy , 10,050 ; ditto for homicide , 95 ; dispensation for a great irregularity , 50 livres ; dispensation from vows of chastity ...
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