Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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... prove a patron of the soundest judgment , as unwilling to give , as unlikely to receive , adulation . But posterity is not a very accessible personage ; he knows the high value of that which he gives , he therefore is extremely ...
... prove a patron of the soundest judgment , as unwilling to give , as unlikely to receive , adulation . But posterity is not a very accessible personage ; he knows the high value of that which he gives , he therefore is extremely ...
Page vii
... prove . For observation , made in the cloister , or in the desert , will generally be as obscure as the one , and as barren as the other : but he that would paint with his pencil , must study origin- als , and not be over fearful of a ...
... prove . For observation , made in the cloister , or in the desert , will generally be as obscure as the one , and as barren as the other : but he that would paint with his pencil , must study origin- als , and not be over fearful of a ...
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... proved in various ways ; being so much more indeprivable , and indestructible , so much more above all accident or change , and all con- fusion of chance . But the peculiar superiority of talent over riches may be best discovered from ...
... proved in various ways ; being so much more indeprivable , and indestructible , so much more above all accident or change , and all con- fusion of chance . But the peculiar superiority of talent over riches may be best discovered from ...
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... their trust - worthiness , and their integrity . But all such persons should remember , that in order to try whether a vessel be leaky , we first prove D 2 IN FEW WORDS . 41 of power cannot overcome. In the heat and ...
... their trust - worthiness , and their integrity . But all such persons should remember , that in order to try whether a vessel be leaky , we first prove D 2 IN FEW WORDS . 41 of power cannot overcome. In the heat and ...
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... prove it with water , before we trust it with wine . The more minute , trivial , and we may say vernacu- lar opportunities of being just and upright , are constantly occurring to every one : and it is an unimpeachable character in these ...
... prove it with water , before we trust it with wine . The more minute , trivial , and we may say vernacu- lar opportunities of being just and upright , are constantly occurring to every one : and it is an unimpeachable character in these ...
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