Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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... King's College , Cambridge ; Author of " Hypocrisy , a Satire ; ' ' Moscow , a Poem ; ' Critical Remarks on Lord Byron , ' & c . & c . " The noblest study of mankind is man . " FROM THE EIGHTH LONDON EDITION . VOL . I. PHILADELPHIA ...
... King's College , Cambridge ; Author of " Hypocrisy , a Satire ; ' ' Moscow , a Poem ; ' Critical Remarks on Lord Byron , ' & c . & c . " The noblest study of mankind is man . " FROM THE EIGHTH LONDON EDITION . VOL . I. PHILADELPHIA ...
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... Kings ; the Critics , the Knaves ; the Public , the Pack ; and the poor Author , the mere Table , or Thing played upon . For the last thirty years , the public mind has had such interesting and rapid incidents to wit- ness , and to ...
... Kings ; the Critics , the Knaves ; the Public , the Pack ; and the poor Author , the mere Table , or Thing played upon . For the last thirty years , the public mind has had such interesting and rapid incidents to wit- ness , and to ...
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... kings ; and as unfortunate for his son Richard , that he had to make good his pretensions at a moment when the people were equally tired of protectors . XXIII . All poets pretend to write for immortality , but the whole tribe have no ...
... kings ; and as unfortunate for his son Richard , that he had to make good his pretensions at a moment when the people were equally tired of protectors . XXIII . All poets pretend to write for immortality , but the whole tribe have no ...
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... King , Lords and Commons . And in politics , as in religion , it so happens , that we have less cha- rity for those who believe the half of our creed , than for those that deny the whole of it ; since if Servetus had been a Mohammedan ...
... King , Lords and Commons . And in politics , as in religion , it so happens , that we have less cha- rity for those who believe the half of our creed , than for those that deny the whole of it ; since if Servetus had been a Mohammedan ...
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... kings bestow on undeserving favourites ; -first , because they are purely at the expense of the donor's character ; and secondly , because they are sure to be repaid with ingratitude . In fact , honours and titles so conferred , or ...
... kings bestow on undeserving favourites ; -first , because they are purely at the expense of the donor's character ; and secondly , because they are sure to be repaid with ingratitude . In fact , honours and titles so conferred , or ...
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