Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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... kind of im- morality on folly , making the dead more pow- erful than time , and more sagacious than expe- rience , by subjecting those that are upon the earth to the perpetual mal - government of those that are beneath it . IV . A ...
... kind of im- morality on folly , making the dead more pow- erful than time , and more sagacious than expe- rience , by subjecting those that are upon the earth to the perpetual mal - government of those that are beneath it . IV . A ...
Page 19
... kind were more odious , and less attractive ; if she were always exhibited to us , like the drunken Helot to the youths of Sparta , in her true and disgusting shape . It is fitting , that what is foul within , should be foul also ...
... kind were more odious , and less attractive ; if she were always exhibited to us , like the drunken Helot to the youths of Sparta , in her true and disgusting shape . It is fitting , that what is foul within , should be foul also ...
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... kind of mathematical decision about them which dictates that a straight line is the shortest distance between any two points , and that small bodies with velocity , have a greater momentum than large masses without it . Thus they would ...
... kind of mathematical decision about them which dictates that a straight line is the shortest distance between any two points , and that small bodies with velocity , have a greater momentum than large masses without it . Thus they would ...
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... kind . Over this extensive domain , they have long had , by undisputed usance , the sole ma- nagement and control , inasmuch as the real owners most strenuously and sturdily disclaim all right , title and proprietorship therein ...
... kind . Over this extensive domain , they have long had , by undisputed usance , the sole ma- nagement and control , inasmuch as the real owners most strenuously and sturdily disclaim all right , title and proprietorship therein ...
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... kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle ; but the age of miracles is past , while that of prejudice remains . CIV . The awkwardness and embarrassment which all feel on beginning to write , when they them- selves are the theme ...
... kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle ; but the age of miracles is past , while that of prejudice remains . CIV . The awkwardness and embarrassment which all feel on beginning to write , when they them- selves are the theme ...
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