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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... necessary as light , and in this coming age most fairly promises to he as common as water , and as free as air . But as it has been wisely ordained , that light should have no colour , water no taste , and air no odour , so know- ledge ...
... necessary as light , and in this coming age most fairly promises to he as common as water , and as free as air . But as it has been wisely ordained , that light should have no colour , water no taste , and air no odour , so know- ledge ...
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... necessary accom- paniments of talent , and the sure indications of genius . Because some have united these extravagancies with great demonstrations of talent , as a Rousseau , a Chatterton , a Sa- vage , a Burns , or a Byron , others ...
... necessary accom- paniments of talent , and the sure indications of genius . Because some have united these extravagancies with great demonstrations of talent , as a Rousseau , a Chatterton , a Sa- vage , a Burns , or a Byron , others ...
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... necessary for such a man to 66 rear his heart in his head , " for he invariably sacrificed blood to time , and means to the end . If the wrong path happened to be the shortest , that made it the right ; and he " 6 Cromwell is thus ...
... necessary for such a man to 66 rear his heart in his head , " for he invariably sacrificed blood to time , and means to the end . If the wrong path happened to be the shortest , that made it the right ; and he " 6 Cromwell is thus ...
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... necessary , if the same promptitude of action which caused this latter attempt to succeed , had not most miserably failed on a former one . He had said , " Let war feed war ; " it did so , and Russia spread her table - cloth of snow ...
... necessary , if the same promptitude of action which caused this latter attempt to succeed , had not most miserably failed on a former one . He had said , " Let war feed war ; " it did so , and Russia spread her table - cloth of snow ...
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... necessary of human life , could be procured on terms equally cheap and easy , there would be much more reason to fear , that men would become brutes , for the want of something to do , rather than philosophers , from the possession of ...
... necessary of human life , could be procured on terms equally cheap and easy , there would be much more reason to fear , that men would become brutes , for the want of something to do , rather than philosophers , from the possession of ...
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