Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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Page xi
... greater or the less prevalence of which gives individuality to character . But we must not only express clearly , but think deeply , nor can we concede to Buffon that style alone is that quality that will immortalize an author . The ...
... greater or the less prevalence of which gives individuality to character . But we must not only express clearly , but think deeply , nor can we concede to Buffon that style alone is that quality that will immortalize an author . The ...
Page xii
... greater hurry to go there than other folks , but put on the livery of the best master only to serve the worst ; -in an age when mo- desty herself is more ashamed of detection than of delinquency ; when independence of principle consists ...
... greater hurry to go there than other folks , but put on the livery of the best master only to serve the worst ; -in an age when mo- desty herself is more ashamed of detection than of delinquency ; when independence of principle consists ...
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... greater avidity to the former.- And the attachment of the aged to wealth , must be a growing and progressive attachment , since such are not slow in discovering that those same ruthless years , which detract so sensibly from the ...
... greater avidity to the former.- And the attachment of the aged to wealth , must be a growing and progressive attachment , since such are not slow in discovering that those same ruthless years , which detract so sensibly from the ...
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... greater the power of him that is injured , the more expiable and persever- ing must be the efforts of those who have begun to injure him . Therefore a monarch , who sub- mits to a single insult , is half dethroned . When the ...
... greater the power of him that is injured , the more expiable and persever- ing must be the efforts of those who have begun to injure him . Therefore a monarch , who sub- mits to a single insult , is half dethroned . When the ...
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... greater advance- ment , and of higher confidence , which turn out so rich a harvest , but which those alone are per- mitted to reap , who have previously sown . XLVII . Of all the passions , jealousy is that which ex- acts the hardest ...
... greater advance- ment , and of higher confidence , which turn out so rich a harvest , but which those alone are per- mitted to reap , who have previously sown . XLVII . Of all the passions , jealousy is that which ex- acts the hardest ...
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