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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... KING'S COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE ; AUTHOR OF HYPO- CRISY , A SATIRE ; ' MOSCOW , A POEM ; ' CRITICAL REMARKS ON LORD BYRON , ' & c . & c . σε φιλόσοφια εκ παραδειγμάτων . ” " The noblest study of mankind is man . " VOL . I. ENTERED AT ...
... KING'S COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE ; AUTHOR OF HYPO- CRISY , A SATIRE ; ' MOSCOW , A POEM ; ' CRITICAL REMARKS ON LORD BYRON , ' & c . & c . σε φιλόσοφια εκ παραδειγμάτων . ” " The noblest study of mankind is man . " VOL . I. ENTERED AT ...
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... 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 interesting and rapid incidents to wit- ness , and to ...
... 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 interesting and rapid incidents to wit- ness , and to ...
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... kings ; and as unfortunate for his son Richard , that he had to make good his pretensions , at a moment when the people were equally tired of protectors . XXIII . ALL poets pretend to write for immortality , but the whole tribe have no ...
... kings ; and as unfortunate for his son Richard , that he had to make good his pretensions , at a moment when the people were equally tired of protectors . XXIII . ALL poets pretend to write for immortality , but the whole tribe have no ...
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... Trinitarian reformer , who advocates triennial parliaments , and who has not lost his respect for that old and orthodox association of King , Lords and Commons . And in poli- tics , as in religion , it so happens that 28 MANY THINGS.
... Trinitarian reformer , who advocates triennial parliaments , and who has not lost his respect for that old and orthodox association of King , Lords and Commons . And in poli- tics , as in religion , it so happens that 28 MANY THINGS.
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... kings bestow on undeserving favourites ; first , because they are purely at the expense of the donor's character ; and secondly , because they are sure to be repaid with ingrati- tude . In fact , honours and titles so conferred , or ...
... kings bestow on undeserving favourites ; first , because they are purely at the expense of the donor's character ; and secondly , because they are sure to be repaid with ingrati- tude . In fact , honours and titles so conferred , or ...
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