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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... censure -- and the Blockhead's praise ; " That glowing page with double lustre shines , " When Pope approves , and Dennis damns the lines . " LONDON , January , 1st , 1820 . ... . REFLECTIONS , & c . & c . FREFACE . xiii.
... censure -- and the Blockhead's praise ; " That glowing page with double lustre shines , " When Pope approves , and Dennis damns the lines . " LONDON , January , 1st , 1820 . ... . REFLECTIONS , & c . & c . FREFACE . xiii.
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... praise . But Lord Burleigh is not the only statesman who has thought one hundred pounds too much for a song , though sung by Spencer ; although Oliver Goldsmith is the only poet who ever considered himself to have been overpaid . The ...
... praise . But Lord Burleigh is not the only statesman who has thought one hundred pounds too much for a song , though sung by Spencer ; although Oliver Goldsmith is the only poet who ever considered himself to have been overpaid . The ...
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... praise and gratitude , which it reserves only for the fruit . Let those , therefore , who have been suc- cessful in their academic career , be careful to maintain their speed , “ servetur ad imum , " otherwise these petty kings , within ...
... praise and gratitude , which it reserves only for the fruit . Let those , therefore , who have been suc- cessful in their academic career , be careful to maintain their speed , “ servetur ad imum , " otherwise these petty kings , within ...
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... praise ; but , as these two powers happen to be equal and contrary , the career of all bodies , under their joint influence , must be that of a dia- gonal between the two . A certain non - conformist having accepted of a rich benefice ...
... praise ; but , as these two powers happen to be equal and contrary , the career of all bodies , under their joint influence , must be that of a dia- gonal between the two . A certain non - conformist having accepted of a rich benefice ...
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... praise . They are to be pitied , in as much as they can only view things through the moral ob- fuscation of flattery , which , like . the telescope , can diminish at one end and magnify at the other . And hence , it hap- pens , that ...
... praise . They are to be pitied , in as much as they can only view things through the moral ob- fuscation of flattery , which , like . the telescope , can diminish at one end and magnify at the other . And hence , it hap- pens , that ...
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