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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... pleasures , for his trouble . He begins to accumulate treasure as a mean to happiness , and by a common but morbid association , he continues to accumulate it as an end . He lives poor , to die rich , and is the mere jailor of his house ...
... pleasures , for his trouble . He begins to accumulate treasure as a mean to happiness , and by a common but morbid association , he continues to accumulate it as an end . He lives poor , to die rich , and is the mere jailor of his house ...
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... pleasure . To commit the execution of a purpose , to one who disapproves of the plan of it , is to employ but one third of the man ; his heart and his head are against you , you have commanded only his hands . LXII . IT is far more safe ...
... pleasure . To commit the execution of a purpose , to one who disapproves of the plan of it , is to employ but one third of the man ; his heart and his head are against you , you have commanded only his hands . LXII . IT is far more safe ...
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... pleasure , but with her left to pain . CVII . IT would be most lamentable if the good things of this world were rendered either more valuable , or more last- ing ; for , despicable as they already are , too many are found eager to ...
... pleasure , but with her left to pain . CVII . IT would be most lamentable if the good things of this world were rendered either more valuable , or more last- ing ; for , despicable as they already are , too many are found eager to ...
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... pleasurable sensations of warmth , sustenance , and repose , are derived from this inte- resting source . This theory had a fair run , until some one happened to reply , that all who were brought up by hand , had derived their first ...
... pleasurable sensations of warmth , sustenance , and repose , are derived from this inte- resting source . This theory had a fair run , until some one happened to reply , that all who were brought up by hand , had derived their first ...
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... PLEASURE is to women what the sun is to the flower ; if moderately enjoyed , it beautifies , it refreshes , and it improves ; if immoderately , it withers , etiolates , and de stroys . But the duties of domestic life , exercised as they ...
... PLEASURE is to women what the sun is to the flower ; if moderately enjoyed , it beautifies , it refreshes , and it improves ; if immoderately , it withers , etiolates , and de stroys . But the duties of domestic life , exercised as they ...
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