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 v
... wish is , that truth may prevail in the church , and integrity in the state , and that in both the old adage may be verified , that " the men of principle may be the princi- pal men . " Knowledge indeed is as necessary as light , and in ...
... wish is , that truth may prevail in the church , and integrity in the state , and that in both the old adage may be verified , that " the men of principle may be the princi- pal men . " Knowledge indeed is as necessary as light , and in ...
Page xi
... wish for mercy from others ; since for one great genius who has written a little book , we have a thousand little geniuses , who have written great books . A volume , there- fore , that contains more words than ideas , like a tree that ...
... wish for mercy from others ; since for one great genius who has written a little book , we have a thousand little geniuses , who have written great books . A volume , there- fore , that contains more words than ideas , like a tree that ...
Page xiii
... wish for my labours ; and the four lines which form the com- mencement of my Poem of " Hypocrisy , " shall make the conclusion of this Preface , since the sen- timents they contain , are as applicable to prose , as to verse . " Two ...
... wish for my labours ; and the four lines which form the com- mencement of my Poem of " Hypocrisy , " shall make the conclusion of this Preface , since the sen- timents they contain , are as applicable to prose , as to verse . " Two ...
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... wish him dead ; and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven , than the martyr un- dergoes to gain it . Avarice is a passion full of paradox , a madness full of method ; for although the miser is the most mercenary of all ...
... wish him dead ; and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven , than the martyr un- dergoes to gain it . Avarice is a passion full of paradox , a madness full of method ; for although the miser is the most mercenary of all ...
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... wish , and gaining all we want , we have only reached a pinnacle , where we have nothing to hope , but every thing to fear . XXXVIII . WE should justly ridicule a general , who , just be- fore an action , should suddenly disarm his men ...
... wish , and gaining all we want , we have only reached a pinnacle , where we have nothing to hope , but every thing to fear . XXXVIII . WE should justly ridicule a general , who , just be- fore an action , should suddenly disarm his men ...
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