Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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... & c . " The noblest study of mankind is man . " FROM THE EIGHTH LONDON EDITION . VOL . I. PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY A. SHERMAN , ( Agent . ) J. Harding , Printer . PREFACE , & c . THERE are three difficulties in 1824 . OR, ...
... & c . " The noblest study of mankind is man . " FROM THE EIGHTH LONDON EDITION . VOL . I. PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY A. SHERMAN , ( Agent . ) J. Harding , Printer . PREFACE , & c . THERE are three difficulties in 1824 . OR, ...
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... difficulties in authorship ; to write any thing worth the publishing - to find honest men to publish it - and to get sensible men to read it . Literature has now become a game ; in which the Booksellers are the Kings ; the Critics , the ...
... difficulties in authorship ; to write any thing worth the publishing - to find honest men to publish it - and to get sensible men to read it . Literature has now become a game ; in which the Booksellers are the Kings ; the Critics , the ...
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... difficulties all must encounter who aim at originality , will , nevertheless , in no wise tend to diminish the number of those who will attempt to surmount them , since " fools rush in , where angels fear to tread . " In good truth , we ...
... difficulties all must encounter who aim at originality , will , nevertheless , in no wise tend to diminish the number of those who will attempt to surmount them , since " fools rush in , where angels fear to tread . " In good truth , we ...
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... difficulty they will find to make converts , when that period which we so fondly anticipate shall arrive : an era of universal illumination . They will then experience a similar re - buff , with those who now attempt to make proselytes ...
... difficulty they will find to make converts , when that period which we so fondly anticipate shall arrive : an era of universal illumination . They will then experience a similar re - buff , with those who now attempt to make proselytes ...
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... difficulty an advance- ment , and every contest a victory ; and this is the pursuit of virtue . Sincerely to aspire after virtue , is to gain her ; and zealously to labour after her wages is to receive them . Those that seek her early ...
... difficulty an advance- ment , and every contest a victory ; and this is the pursuit of virtue . Sincerely to aspire after virtue , is to gain her ; and zealously to labour after her wages is to receive them . Those that seek her early ...
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