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 iii
... Swift dedicated a volume to Prince Posterity , and there was a manliness in the act . Posterity will prove a patron of the soundest judgment , as unwilling to give , as un- likely to receive , adulation . But posterity is not PREFACE . iii.
... Swift dedicated a volume to Prince Posterity , and there was a manliness in the act . Posterity will prove a patron of the soundest judgment , as unwilling to give , as un- likely to receive , adulation . But posterity is not PREFACE . iii.
Page iv
... gives , he therefore is ex- tremely particular as to what he receives . Very few of the presents that are directed to him , reach their destination . Some are too light , others too heavy , since it is as difficult to throw a straw any ...
... gives , he therefore is ex- tremely particular as to what he receives . Very few of the presents that are directed to him , reach their destination . Some are too light , others too heavy , since it is as difficult to throw a straw any ...
Page ix
... gives individuality to character . But we must not only express clearly but think deeply , nor can we concede to Buffon that style alone is that quality that will immorta- lize an author . The essays of Montaigne , and the Analogy of ...
... gives individuality to character . But we must not only express clearly but think deeply , nor can we concede to Buffon that style alone is that quality that will immorta- lize an author . The essays of Montaigne , and the Analogy of ...
Page xii
... gives his reader the most knowledge , and takes from him the least time . That short period of a short existence , which is rationally em- ployed , is that which alone deserves the name of life ; and that portion of our life is most ...
... gives his reader the most knowledge , and takes from him the least time . That short period of a short existence , which is rationally em- ployed , is that which alone deserves the name of life ; and that portion of our life is most ...
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... give the semblance of purity to the substance of corruption , is to proffer the poison of Circe in a chrystal goblet , and to steal the bridal vestments of the virgin , to add more allure- ment to the seductive smiles of the harlot . V ...
... give the semblance of purity to the substance of corruption , is to proffer the poison of Circe in a chrystal goblet , and to steal the bridal vestments of the virgin , to add more allure- ment to the seductive smiles of the harlot . V ...
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