Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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Page vii
... him , than any reader can possibly be ; but to what purpose he has taken those pains , this is a question on which his readers will not allow the author a 1 voice , nor even an opinion ; from the tribunal PREFACE . vii.
... him , than any reader can possibly be ; but to what purpose he has taken those pains , this is a question on which his readers will not allow the author a 1 voice , nor even an opinion ; from the tribunal PREFACE . vii.
Page viii
Addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton. voice , nor even an opinion ; from the tribunal of the public there is no appeal , and it is fit that it should be so , otherwise we should not only have rivers of ink expended in bad ...
Addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton. voice , nor even an opinion ; from the tribunal of the public there is no appeal , and it is fit that it should be so , otherwise we should not only have rivers of ink expended in bad ...
Page xi
... opinions that I would not most willing- ly exchange for truth ; I may be sometimes wrong , I may be sometimes right ; at all events discussion may be provoked , and as this cannot be done without thought , even that is a good . I ...
... opinions that I would not most willing- ly exchange for truth ; I may be sometimes wrong , I may be sometimes right ; at all events discussion may be provoked , and as this cannot be done without thought , even that is a good . I ...
Page xiv
... as would eventually serve both . I have , however , neither the hope nor the fear , that my opinions on politics , or any other subject , will attract much attention . The approbation of a few dis- cerning Xiv PREFACE .
... as would eventually serve both . I have , however , neither the hope nor the fear , that my opinions on politics , or any other subject , will attract much attention . The approbation of a few dis- cerning Xiv PREFACE .
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... opinion , and is as fickle as her food . She builds a lófty structure on the sandy foundation of the esteem of those , who are of all beings the most subject to change . But virtue is uniform and fixed , because she looks for ap ...
... opinion , and is as fickle as her food . She builds a lófty structure on the sandy foundation of the esteem of those , who are of all beings the most subject to change . But virtue is uniform and fixed , because she looks for ap ...
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