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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... occasion , the chair of the moralist , or of presuming to deli- ver any thing here advanced , as oracular , magiste- rial , dictatorial , or “ ex cathredrâ . ” I have no opi- nions that I would not most willingly exchange for truth ; I ...
... occasion , the chair of the moralist , or of presuming to deli- ver any thing here advanced , as oracular , magiste- rial , dictatorial , or “ ex cathredrâ . ” I have no opi- nions that I would not most willingly exchange for truth ; I ...
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... occasions to give his consideration to the wealthy or the titled , although they may be in the wrong , and to withhold it from the energetic , but necessitous , although they may be in the right . There are moments when he must appear ...
... occasions to give his consideration to the wealthy or the titled , although they may be in the wrong , and to withhold it from the energetic , but necessitous , although they may be in the right . There are moments when he must appear ...
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... occasions wherein they might have shewn their trust - worthiness , and their inte- grity . But all such persons should remember , that in order to try whether a vessel be leaky , we first prove it with water , before we trust it with ...
... occasions wherein they might have shewn their trust - worthiness , and their inte- grity . But all such persons should remember , that in order to try whether a vessel be leaky , we first prove it with water , before we trust it with ...
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... occasions , to that or the Deity , it's pure and primary source ; and this assimi- lation is never more conspicuous that when it converts evil , into the means of producing its opposite good . What for instance appears at first sight to ...
... occasions , to that or the Deity , it's pure and primary source ; and this assimi- lation is never more conspicuous that when it converts evil , into the means of producing its opposite good . What for instance appears at first sight to ...
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... occasion , he cut the Gordian knot which others had in vain attempt- ed to untie . Those who start for human glory like the mettled hounds of Actæon , must pursue the game not only where there is a path , but where there is none . They ...
... occasion , he cut the Gordian knot which others had in vain attempt- ed to untie . Those who start for human glory like the mettled hounds of Actæon , must pursue the game not only where there is a path , but where there is none . They ...
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