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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Page vii
... thing , but of seeing into nothing . There are two things cheap and common enough when separated , but as costly in value , as irresisti- ble in power , when combined- -truth and novelty . Their union is like that of steam and of fire ...
... thing , but of seeing into nothing . There are two things cheap and common enough when separated , but as costly in value , as irresisti- ble in power , when combined- -truth and novelty . Their union is like that of steam and of fire ...
Page ix
... thing , to do is another , and it may be ob- served of good writing , as of good blood , that it is much easier to say what it is composed of , than to compose it . Most of the maxims and positions advanced in the present volume , are ...
... thing , to do is another , and it may be ob- served of good writing , as of good blood , that it is much easier to say what it is composed of , than to compose it . Most of the maxims and positions advanced in the present volume , are ...
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... 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 may be sometimes wrong , I may be sometimes right ; at all events ...
... 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 may be sometimes wrong , I may be sometimes right ; at all events ...
Page xi
... thing , except their tongues ; keep any thing , except their word ; and lose nothing patiently , except their character ; -to improve such an age , must be difficult , to instruct it dangerous ; and he stands no chance of amending it ...
... thing , except their tongues ; keep any thing , except their word ; and lose nothing patiently , except their character ; -to improve such an age , must be difficult , to instruct it dangerous ; and he stands no chance of amending it ...
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... thing I may affirm , that I have first considered whether it be worth while to say a thing at all , before I have taken any trouble to say it well ; knowing that words are but air , and that both are capable of much condensation . Words ...
... thing I may affirm , that I have first considered whether it be worth while to say a thing at all , before I have taken any trouble to say it well ; knowing that words are but air , and that both are capable of much condensation . Words ...
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