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 iv
... , than the most superficial declamation ; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum . The following pages , such as they are , have cost me some thought to write , and they may possibly IV PREFACE .
... , than the most superficial declamation ; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum . The following pages , such as they are , have cost me some thought to write , and they may possibly IV PREFACE .
Page v
... thought to write , and they may possibly cost others some to read them . Like Demosthenes , who talked Greek to the waves , I have continued my task , with the hope of instructing others , with the certainty of improving myself ...
... thought to write , and they may possibly cost others some to read them . Like Demosthenes , who talked Greek to the waves , I have continued my task , with the hope of instructing others , with the certainty of improving myself ...
Page viii
... thoughts of others , with far brighter of their own ; like the ocean , which drinks up the muddy water of the rivers , from the flood , but replenishes them with the clearest from the shower . These reflections , however they may tend ...
... thoughts of others , with far brighter of their own ; like the ocean , which drinks up the muddy water of the rivers , from the flood , but replenishes them with the clearest from the shower . These reflections , however they may tend ...
Page x
... thought , even that is a good . I despise dogmatism in others , too much to indulge it in myself : I have not been led to these opinions by the authority of great names ; for I have always considered rather what is said , than who says ...
... thought , even that is a good . I despise dogmatism in others , too much to indulge it in myself : I have not been led to these opinions by the authority of great names ; for I have always considered rather what is said , than who says ...
Page xi
... thought more than he has read , read more than he has written , and written more than he has published , if he does not command success , has at least deserved it . In the article of rejection and abridgment , we must be severe to ...
... thought more than he has read , read more than he has written , and written more than he has published , if he does not command success , has at least deserved it . In the article of rejection and abridgment , we must be severe to ...
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