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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... discovering nothing but beauties . Some also of my conclusions will no doubt be condemned by those who will not take the trouble of looking into the postulata ; for the soundest argument will produce no ' more convic- tion in an empty ...
... discovering nothing but beauties . Some also of my conclusions will no doubt be condemned by those who will not take the trouble of looking into the postulata ; for the soundest argument will produce no ' more convic- tion in an empty ...
Page vii
... discovery and con- quest . If indeed we can advance any 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 ...
... discovery and con- quest . If indeed we can advance any 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 ...
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... discovered from hence - That the influ- ence of talent will always be the greatest in that government which is the most pure ; while the influence of riches will always be the greatest in that government which is most cor- rupt . So ...
... discovered from hence - That the influ- ence of talent will always be the greatest in that government which is the most pure ; while the influence of riches will always be the greatest in that government which is most cor- rupt . So ...
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... discovering that those same ruthless years which detract so sensibly from the strength of their bodies , and of their minds , serve only to augment and to consolidate the strength of their purse . XXV . MEN will wrangle for religion ...
... discovering that those same ruthless years which detract so sensibly from the strength of their bodies , and of their minds , serve only to augment and to consolidate the strength of their purse . XXV . MEN will wrangle for religion ...
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... the sun , it warms , while it enlightens , and as it descends from heaven to earth , raises our thoughts from earth to heaven . When the great Kepler had at length discovered the harmonic laws that regulate the mo- ' IN FEW WORDS . 81.
... the sun , it warms , while it enlightens , and as it descends from heaven to earth , raises our thoughts from earth to heaven . When the great Kepler had at length discovered the harmonic laws that regulate the mo- ' IN FEW WORDS . 81.
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